Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Shrinks Enlarged Prostates In Hamster Model
A cholesterol-lowering drug reduced the enlarged prostates of hamsters to the same extent as a drug commonly used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), report researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston and their colleagues in the October issue of the Journal of Urology. Together, the drugs worked even better. “We don’t know the... more
Drug Cuts Amputation Risk in Diabetes
Study: Cholesterol Drug Fenofibrate Also Decreases Diabetes-Related Amputation Treating type 2 diabetes patients with a cholesterol-lowering drug called fenofibrate cuts the risk of a first diabetes-related limb amputation by 36%, according to a new study published this week in The Lancet. “I would call that a substantial reduction in risk,”... more
