Variants that lower LDL cholesterol through pathways such as HMGCR and NPC1L1 are linked to a higher risk of type 2 diabetes.

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Although overweight, obesity and high-intensity statin therapy can increase diabetes risk, new evidence demonstrates ...

Dear Doctors: I read that when you take statins, it raises blood glucose levels to a prediabetes or diabetes level. Does it happen even if your blood glucose is normal? How do statins work? My blood ...

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As yet, there is no clear or plausible reason(s) or mechanism(s) by which statins might raise blood glucose level: Is it upstream at pancreatic beta cell level or downstream due to insulin resistance ...

Statins lower cholesterol levels, reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, and improve overall heart health. In the late 1970s, researchers found that a substance called mevastatin, isolated from a ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My question regards the results of my fasting glucose tests for the past couple of years. I am 81 and weigh around 150 pounds. The medications I am taking concern me, with relevance to ...