Statins Slow Aging?

[jimmyinkedup]

Pretty interesting read. Says statins may not only increase life expectancy due to cholesterol management and prevention of heart disease but also may slow the aging process itself:
Statins may slow human aging by protecting against telomere shortening: A feature of senescent cells

[spin_doctor]

Interesting. I am curious about the side effect of statins that was mentioned.....muscle injury. I noticed that the article did not say muscle damage, but injury.

[jimmyinkedup]

Interesting. I am curious about the side effect of statins that was mentioned.....muscle injury. I noticed that the article did not say muscle damage, but injury.

Yeah I noticed that. I wish they would have expanded a bit on that.

[Bonaparte]

They're referring to rhabdomyolysis.