Move to switch statins to non-prescription in US

"Dr Abramson thinks the focus on lowering cholesterol levels is distracting us from more effective interventions: "Statin therapy can clearly benefit people at very high risk, like those who already have heart disease. But studies repeatedly show that most people who do not already have heart disease derive greater protection from regular exercise, a healthy diet, and not smoking than from taking a statin—though the two approaches are not necessarily mutually exclusive." (British Medical Journal: 2004;329:704)

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