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The new guidelines
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Most patients with Type 2 diabetes should start taking statins, the cholesterol-fighting drugs, as a measure against heart disease, whether or not they have high cholesterol levels, according to new guidelines released yesterday. The recommendations, from the American College of Physicians, call for moderate doses of statins by people with diabetes who are older than 55, and for younger who have any other risk factor for heart disease, like high blood pressure or a history of . The new guidelines are outlined in April 20 issue of The Annals of Internal Medicine, in an article that noted that about 16 million Americans have Type 2 diabetes and that 800,000 new cases are every year. The lead author of an article accompanying the guidelines, Dr. Sandeep Vijan of the University of Michigan, said that "almost everyone with Type 2 diabetes should be on a statin."
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