Do Statins Fight Infection?

People take drugs called statins to lower their cholesterol levels. Now a large study shows that statins may help people recover from pneumonia. Danish researchers looked at 29,900 people who were in the hospital with pneumonia. People who were taking statins were one-third less likely to die from the disease. Statins may tweak the body’s immune system. Or, people who take statins may be in better health to begin with. The study appears in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.