Study: high statin doses lower cholesterol


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A new study finds that high-intensity treatment with drugs known as statins may help keep heart arteries from getting clogged with cholesterol. The results -- dramatically lower cholesterol


levels -- may in turn prevent heart attacks and other heart disease. The study was released Monday by the _New England Journal of Medicine_. NPR's Richard Knox reports. Copyright 2004


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