Diabetes patients experience lower death rate with common medication

A large new study suggests that statins may help more people with type 2 diabetes than previously thought.

Researchers found that the cholesterol-lowering drugs reduced the risk of death and serious cardiovascular events not only in high-risk patients, but also in those considered low-risk based on standard 10-year heart disease predictions, according to a press release.

While statins are commonly prescribed to people with diabetes, there has been uncertainty about whether patients...