WHEN a drug taken by tens of millions of people around the world for one condition starts to show possibilities for a host of other illnesses, experts understandably get excited.The cholesterol-lowering properties of statins have already made them the epitome of the blockbuster drug, but now research is pointing to possible benefits extending far beyond the cardiovascular system from osteoporosis and arthritis to Alzheimers disease and cancer.One expert who is excited about the possibilities is Professor Henry Krum, head of clinical pharmacology at Melbournes Monash University.They are quite fascinating drugs because they do seem to have these pleiotropic effects ... that seem to be occurring above and beyond [those] one would observe merely with the lowering of cholesterol,”he says.Laboratory...
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