One Woman Plays The Odds With Statins

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Playing The Odds With Statins: Heart Disease Or Diabetes? Doctors hand out cholesterol-lowering statins like breath mints, but like any drug they come with risks. Less heart disease, sure, a slightly higher risk of diabetes, too. So what's a person to do? Read this story SHOTS - HEALTH NEWS Genetic Disorder May Reveal How Statins Boost Diabetes Risk People with a hereditary form of very high cholesterol are much less likely to get diabetes, a study finds. And that offers clues as to why cholesterol-lowering drugs sometimes raise diabetes risk. Read this story SHOTS - HEALTH NEWS The Gentle Cesarean: More Like A Birth Than An Operation The goal is simple, the techniques easy. Let the mother see her baby being born, if she wants to, and give her the baby immediately following the birth, so they can bond before the baby is taken away. Read this story SHOTS - HEALTH NEWS State Lawmakers Keep Busy While Supreme Court Weighs Obamacare Bills concerning health care exchanges are pending in at least 16 states. The measures are split pretty evenly between ones that seek to bolster the exchanges and those that would impede or bar them. Read this story SHOTS - HEALTH NEWS Do Parents Nurture Narcissists By Pouring On The Praise? Telling your kids that they're superfabulous encourages narcissistic thinking, researchers say. And that doesn't bode well for their future happiness. Better to recognize effort and say, "I love you." Read this story