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NHS ‘should consider giving statins to healthy people’
Posted by: Admin | Posted on: May 21st, 2012 | 0 Comments
Thousands of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented if the cholesterol-lowering drugs, statins, were more widely prescribed, research suggests.
The study of 175,000 patients, in the Lancet, said even very low-risk patients benefited from the medication. The Oxford researchers says the NHS should consider giving statins to healthy people. The NHS drugs watchdog, NICE, is reviewing the evidence. Read more…
ESRI report finds breastfeeding helps fight childhood obesity
Posted by: Admin | Posted on: May 3rd, 2012 | 0 Comments
A new study is suggesting that children who are breastfed and weaned onto solid foods later in life have a lower risk of obesity. The research, which is part of the “Growing Up In Ireland” study, was carried out by the Economic and Social Research Institute. Read more…
