bra target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8523742′Study: Diabetes drug lowers amputation risk - Guardian Unlimited/abrAP Medical Writer= LONDON (AP) Doctors who gave diabetics a drug originally intended to lower patients cholesterol found it reduced their risk of so-called minor amputation by 36 percent, a new analysis of research says. Researchers in brbra target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/05/19/ap6441452.html’Merck plans multi-country cholesterol-drug launch - Forbes/abrDrug developer Merck Co. said Tuesday it will launch the cholesterol drug Tredaptive in several countries - including Mexico, the United Kingdom and Germany - by the third quarter. The drug is approved to treat the cholesterol conditions brbra target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://medindia.net/news/Scientists-Discover-Bug-With-Cholesterol-Busting-Properties-51495-1.htm’Scientists Discover Bug With Cholesterol-Busting Properties - Med India/abrScientists at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, have discovered a novel species of bacteria with cholesterol-busting properties. The new bug, called Gordonia cholesterolivorans, was isolated from sewage sludge. A steroid found in all body br