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How old is too old for cholesterol lowering medications?

  • Written by Sophia Zoungas, Professor and Head, Diabetes and Vascular Medicine Research Program, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
imageThe benefits of healthy older people taking statins to prevent heart disease and stroke needs to be balanced with the risk of side effects.from www.shutterstock.com

There is growing debate about whether doctors should prescribe statins to otherwise healthy older people to reduce their risk of developing their first heart attack or stroke.

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