6.5 million more patients might benefit from statins to prevent heart attacks, strokes

Millions more patients could benefit from taking statins, drugs typically used to prevent heart attacks and strokes, than current prescribing guidelines suggest, Johns Hopkins doctors report in a new study.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news156614761.html">6.5 million more patients might benefit from statins to prevent heart attacks, strokes</a></p> <p>Millions more patients could benefit from taking statins, drugs typically used to prevent heart attacks and strokes, than current prescribing guidelines suggest, Johns Hopkins doctors report in a new study.</p>