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A study of adults aged 60 years and older found that the use of statin therapy as primary cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention was effective for preventing CVD and all-cause mortality, even in adults aged 85 years and older. The study is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
In this population based cohort study of >37,000 people in Hong Kong, Hongjiang Wu and colleagues examine 1-year weight change after diabetes diagnosis with long-term incidence and sustainability of diabetes remission.