People who take statins might be less likely to get cataracts

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: June 21, 2006| Author: Lindsey Tanner | Copyright information

Statins, the cholesterol-lowering drugs taken by millions of Americans, might also reduce the risk of cataracts, a preliminary study suggests.

Adults who took statins were found to be 45 percent less likely to develop the most common type of age-related cataracts.

Other researchers warned that something other than statins might explain the results and that the study does not prove cause-and- effect.

The results were a surprise because of earlier concerns that some ch...

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