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Statin Use Does Not Boost Cancer Risk: Review

(HealthScout) UPDATED 2010-08-31

A review of previous studies has found no evidence that cholesterol-lowering statins cause cancer, researchers say. The team of scientists from University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and the University of Sydney in Australia say their study should reassure people who take the drugs to reduce their cardiovascular risks that they are not increasing their risk for cancer. Read full story >

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