Cholesterol OK? Statins Still Help Heart

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Cholesterol OK? Statins Still Help Heart

Millions of people without established heart disease could benefit from cholesterol-lowering statin therapy even if they don't have high cholesterol, a new analysis suggests.

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medicalxpress.com — “Over the long term, treatment with cholesterol-lowering statins reduces the rate of mortality and cardiovascular events such as heart attack, for people with and without heart disease. Still, it is unclear whether these drugs take effect rapidly when the risk of these dire events is highest.” View full resource at medicalxpress.com