Revised guidelines, which could double the number of Americans taking the cholesterol-lowering medications, emphasize statins' ability to prevent heart attacks and strokes.
Dramatically escalating the fight against heart attacks and strokes, the nation's cardiologists have rewritten the guidebook on how Americans should be treated with statins and unveiled a plan that could double the number of patients taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs to about 70 million.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/m7Z4Wn9fI9o/la-sci-statins-20131113,0,3292673.story
Dramatically escalating the fight against heart attacks and strokes, the nation's cardiologists have rewritten the guidebook on how Americans should be treated with statins and unveiled a plan that could double the number of patients taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs to about 70 million.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/m7Z4Wn9fI9o/la-sci-statins-20131113,0,3292673.story
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