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Should You Start a Statin at 75? The First Real Test Just Reported
971 healthy people over 70, one cheap drug, six years. Heart attacks fell 30%, but one important number didn’t budge.
If you’re over 70, healthy and your doctor has hemmed and hawed about whether you should take a statin, there’s a reason. Until last month, nobody had run a large trial to find out.
Statins are among the most prescribed drugs in America. The evidence... [5467 chars]
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