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U.Va. Study Questions Health Benefits of statins

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http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=15084
U.Va. Study Questions Health Benefits of Commonly Prescribed Cholesterol-Lowering Medication
"Patients in our study who had ezetimibe added to pre-existing statin therapy experienced on average a 22 percent decrease in their LDL cholesterol levels; however, we found that in these patients, atherosclerosis progressed at a rate of 4 percent per year over the two-year study period," said lead author Dr. Christopher M. Kramer, professor of radiology and medicine in the U.Va. School of Medicine and director of the U.Va. Cardiovascular Imaging Center. "That's a troubling rate of progression that occurred, despite the fall in cholesterol."
 
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/225656.php
Trilipix With Statin No Better Than Statin Alone?
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110512091814.htm

A new study from North Carolina State University shows that the vast majority of patients at high risk for heart disease or stroke do a poor job of taking statins as prescribed. That's especially unfortunate, because the same study shows that taking statins can significantly increase the quality and length of those patients' lives.
 
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