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COPYRIGHT 2006 International Medical News Group
NICE, FRANCE -- A provocative study has identified an association between the use of statins and favorable outcomes during influenza epidemics.
In the retrospective cohort analysis, statin therapy was associated with substantial reductions in mainly respiratory diseases, but also in death from all causes, Dr. Theo Verheij said at the 16th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
As for the mechanism, it is theorized that statins could have anti-inflammatory properties or an effect...
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