75 or Older? Statins Can Still Benefit Your Heart

Source: https://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/news/20200707/75-or-older-statins-can-benefit-your-heart?src=RSS_PUBLIC

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People 75 and older who were free of heart disease and prescribed a statin wound up with a 25% lower risk of death from any cause and a 20% lower risk of heart-related death, researchers reported July 7 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Source: https://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/news/20200707/75-or-older-statins-can-benefit-your-heart?src=RSS_PUBLIC

photo of doctor and patient

People 75 and older who were free of heart disease and prescribed a statin wound up with a 25% lower risk of death from any cause and a 20% lower risk of heart-related death, researchers reported July 7 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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