Statin Therapy May Be Overprescribed in Healthy People Without Evidence of Diseased Arteries, New Study Shows; Study Also Refutes C-reactive Protein Levels as Best New Predictor of Blocked Arteries
http://www.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20101111.184357&time=12 45 PST&year=2010&public=1
Johns Hopkins study of 950 healthy men and women has shown that taking daily doses of a cholesterol-lowering statin medication to protect coronary arteries and ward off heart attack or stroke may not be needed for everyone.
http://www.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20101111.184357&time=12 45 PST&year=2010&public=1
Johns Hopkins study of 950 healthy men and women has shown that taking daily doses of a cholesterol-lowering statin medication to protect coronary arteries and ward off heart attack or stroke may not be needed for everyone.
