Health care spending in the United States experienced historically low rates of growth in 2009 and 2010, according to the annual report of national health expenditures published in Health Affairs. Analysts at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…
Day: January 10, 2012
Statin use in postmenopausal women may increase diabetes risk
A recent study published online by the Archives of Internal Medicine found that the risk for diabetes increases in postmenopausal women who use statins. The researchers, led by Annie L. Culver, BPharm, from the Rochester Methodist Hospital, Mayo Clinic in…