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More Adults Could Prevent Heart Disease With Statins — Even Without Previous Heart Attack

A few years ago we profiled a meta-analysis in The Lancet that supported the notion that even healthy adults could benefit from taking statin drugs (which lower L

Are Statins the Way to Go for Older Adults with no Cardiac History?

By now, everyone concerned about cholesterol and heart disease knows about statins — the family of drugs that can effectively lower blood cholesterol levels, especially the levels of so-called bad cholesterol, the LDLs.

‘Bad' Cholesterol & Death From Heart Disease Link Questioned

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Headlines, Heart Attacks and Conflicts of Interest

Too Few Americans Take Statins, CDC Study Reveals

Nearly half of American

Calcium Heart Score May Predict Low Risk of Coronary Events

Two new

JAMA study assessing statin guidelines shows they might be too limiting rather than too expansive

In 2013, a combined pan

California s kids likely to become healthier; and a new LDL drug moves forward

Coronary bypass patients on statins pre-op found to have lower mortality risk

The European Society of Anesthesiologists is m

A new study shows that Finnish men on statins have a remarkably increased risk of diabetes

A study out of Finland, released online only at this tim

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