Early end to key study on benefits of niacin, a B vitamin, in keeping arteries open was premature

Monday, November 16, 2009 - 09:21 in Health & Medicine

Heart experts are calling premature the early halt of a study on the benefits of combining extended-release niacin, a B vitamin, with cholesterol-lowering statin medications to prevent blood vessel narrowing. Cardiovascular atherosclerosis, as it is also known, is believed responsible for one in three deaths in the United States each year.

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