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A 70 year old patient from the United Kingdom recently asked for a second opinion from another doctor after his own doctor unexpectedly prescribed statin drugs for him.
The man was apparently in good health, relatively fit for his age, and had no family history of heart disease or strokes, so he was puzzled as to [...]

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By Ann-Marie Waters, Associate Editor.
What is cholesterol?
Cholesterol is an essential fat (known as a lipid) which is produced by the liver from the fatty foods we consume and is vital for health and normal body functioning. [...]

Crestor (Rosuvastatin)
The American Heart Association has published details of a new statin drug – Crestor – which dramatically reduces the number of heart attacks and strokes, even for people without existing high levels of cholesterol in their blood.
The results of drug trials conducted in the United States, were so conclusive that they were prematurely halted [...]