humble3d Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Knock cholesterol busting statins off the shelves MIRACLE JAB Heart attack ‘vaccine’ available in just SIX years to knock cholesterol busting statins off the shelves Side-effects of the jab include an increased risk of developing diabetes AN injection that lowers cholesterol to protect against heart attacks will be available within six years, doctors hope. The once-a-year jab, now being tested in clinical trials, would end the need to take daily statin pills for millions of patients. Daily dose … more than seven million adults take statin tablets to cut the risk of heart attack Daily dose … more than seven million adults take statin tablets to cut the risk of heart attack It works by boosting the body’s ability to remove cholesterol from the blood, cutting levels by as much as a third in high-risk adults. The treatment could be on the market as soon as 2023 at a cost of between £625 and £1,200 a time, say researchers. Dr Tim Chico, from Sheffield University, said the inventive new therapy “would be likely to lead to a reduction in heart attacks”. High cholesterol is bad for the heart, raising your risk of heart attack and stroke Cholesterol contributes to the stiffening and narrowing of arteries, increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke. About 160,000 deaths in Britain every year are down to heart or circulatory disease. More than seven million adults take 6p-a-day statin tablets to cut the risk. The jab is expected to have a similar effect in humans, who will need two or three shots, then a booster once a year. Researcher Dr Günther Staffler likened it to a vaccine as it was a jab with a long-term effect. But side-effects include an increased risk of developing diabetes. https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/3837955/heart-attack-vaccine-available-in-just-six-years-to-knock-cholesterol-busting-statins-off-the-shelves/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisam Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 6 hours ago, humble3d said: But side-effects include an increased risk of developing diabetes. Anyway, it's great. You won't die of a heart attack, one of the the side effects of diabetes, just of any other of the probable complications of diabetes. And of course, we should remember that risk of diabetes increases with age, probably with similar proportions to that of a coronary obstruction. Guess these researchers are to be nominated soon to Nobel prize of Medicine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitorio Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Hope the next solution is a drug to cure diabetes. I read the investigators are near. At least with animals experiments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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