Statins - A Good Idea? - Are You Sure?

Britain is in danger of becoming a nation of pill-poppers, a leading academic has warned.
Professor Sarah Harper, director of Oxford University’s institute of population ageing, said the country’s love affair with medicine means we choose to pop pills rather than follow a healthy lifestyle.

She cited the widespread use of cholesterol-busting statins, taken by up to seven millions adults that could increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke.
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