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Mother is holding a tiny hand of her preterm baby that is in the NICU.

Combined steroid and statin treatment could reduce ‘accelerated ageing’ in preterm babies, study in rats suggests

02 Feb 2023

Potentially life-saving steroids commonly given to preterm babies also increase the risk of long-term cardiovascular problems, but a new study in...

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Medications

Concerns over side effects of statins stopping stroke survivors taking medication

17 Jul 2017

Negative media coverage of the side effects associated with taking statins, and patients’ own experiences of taking the drugs, are among the reasons...

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Fibrils of amyloid-beta

Researchers identify ‘neurostatin’ that may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease

12 Feb 2016

An approved anti-cancer drug successfully targets the first step in the toxic chain reaction that leads to Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting that...

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Prescribed

Overall safety of statins confirmed

29 Jun 2010

The use of statins in patients without a prior history of heart attacks and strokes is of little real benefit in preventing deaths in the short term...

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