Statin RX may be overprescribed in healthy people without evidence of diseased arteries, study suggests
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 17:20
in Health & Medicine
Rolling back suggestions from previous studies, a new 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.