True friendship and good character is all about how a person nurtures another person when they are vulnerable and can give very little in return. Thus, itâs not whoâs standing beside you during good times, but the ones who stick by you through tough times that are your true friends.
But he says that they do not mean that people with cancer should start using statins in the hopes of improving their prognosis.. He points out that a large number of studies that establish the role of statins in preventing heart attack and stroke have not shown the drugs to reduce cancer deaths. Additional research will be needed to clarify if and how statins might influence survival in cancer patients, he says.
At-a-glance. Statin medications lower cholesterol levels in your blood. This can reduce the chance of a heart attack, stroke, and premature death in people who have an elevated risk of developing heart disease or who already have it. Statins work by blocking a liver enzyme needed to make cholesterol.