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Can Statins Cause Diabetes?

By RONI CARYN RABIN

Numerous studies have shown that cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are linked to a small increase in the risk of Type 2 diabetes, even as they reduce the risk of heart attacks.

statin 

Pronunciation: /ˈstatɪn/ 

NOUN

Medicine

Any of a group of drugs which act to reduce levels of cholesterol in the blood.

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Origin

1980s: from stat- as in -stat + -in¹.