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Cholesterol lowering significantly reduces stroke in the elderly Use of cholesterol lowering drugs (statins and fibrates) is associated with a one third lower risk of stroke in older adults without previous disease, finds a study published in the BMJ. A research team based in France set out to determine the association between use of lipid-lowering drugs in healthy older people and long-term risk of coronary heart disease and stroke. They tracked 7,484 men and women (average age 74 years) with no known history of vascular events, such as heart attacks and strokes, living in three French cities (Bordeaux, Dijon and Montpellier). After an aver

This image of Tetralogy of Fallot has won Carol Young, a radiographer at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, an award for the best image quality and lowest radiation dose in the Siemens Healthcare International CT Image Contest. She beat 627 other entries from 43 countries Sitagliptin licence in renal disease Sitagliptin (Januvia®, MSD) has received a licence in the UK for use in people with type 2 diabetes with moderate to severe renal impairment. The licence follows data from two clinical studies. In one study comparing sitagliptin (25 mg or 50 mg once daily) with glipizide (2.5 to 20 mg once daily) in patients with type 2 diabetes and