Combined treatment with steroids and statins could reduce ‘accelerated aging’ in premature babies, study in rats suggests
Potentially life-saving steroids commonly given to premature babies also increase the risk of long-term cardiovascular problems, but a new study in rats has found that when given in combination with statins, their positive effects persist, while the potential negative side effects ‘weeded out’. Cambridge scientists gave newborn rats, which are naturally born prematurely, a…