Let's hear it for Lipitor, not only does it decrease cholesterol, but it helps prevent/treat Avian flu!

Three leading drug researchers are urging statins be studied as a possible cheap way to treat and prevent a bird flu pandemic. Statins already are known to be effective in blocking the cytokine storm, an extreme response by the immune system and often the cause of death in patients with virulent forms of flu.

Read the article: The Times (London)