Are Statins Less Helpful for Women?

<p>MONDAY, Jun 25 (HealthDay News) The cholesterol-lowering
drugs famous as statins might be rebate effective for preventing genocide and
recurrent strokes in women than in men, a new investigate suggests.
A examination of 11 trials found that statins such as Lipitor and Crestor
prevent memorable heart attacks in men and women, though it showed no benefit
for women in terms of second stroke or genocide from all causes.
However, experts who werent concerned with a investigate pronounced it was
flawed women comprised usually a fragment of participants, for instance
and they contend a drugs are life-savers for both sexes.
The news was published Jun 25 in a Archives of Internal
Medicine.
For a study, researchers led by Dr. Jose Gutierrez, of a vascular
neurology module during a Neurological Institute of Columbia University
Medical Center in New York City, pooled information on some-more than 43,000
participants from studies published before to Sep 2010.
All patients had before car...