A medical assistant administers an insulin shot to a diabetes patient at a private clinic in New Delhi on November 8, 2011.  India is facing a twin epidemic of diabetes and high blood pressure, doctors have warned, after the results of a countrywide study suggested that one in five people had both conditions. AFP PHOTO/ SAJJAD HUSSAIN

Statins double the risk of developing diabetes and diabetic complications, according to ten-year-long study

Healthy patients taking statins have a significantly higher risk of developing diabetes and diabetic complications, according to a new study. The study, published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine in May 2015, assessed 982 statin users and 21,988 non users over the decade using a database. They discovered that statin users had higher incidences Read More