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1. www.bhf.org.uk › medical › drug-cabinetStatins – your questions answered - BHF

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   Statins help lower your cholesterol levels. We answer your top questions, such as are they safe, what’s a low dose statin and what to do about side effects.

2. www.escardio.org › Education › Practice-ToolsThe Fatal Dangers of Statin Misinformation

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   “The false reports circulated about statins are not only misleading, they’re outright dangerous.” Statins, often referred to as the “gold standard” for treating high levels of harmful cholesterol, or LDL (low density lipoprotein), are one of the most widely used drugs in the world.

3. www.bbc.co.uk › should-i-take-statinsBBC Two - Trust Me, I'm a Doctor, Series 1 - Should I take ...

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   Should I take statins? Michael Mosley talks to two experts with very different opinions on whether we should take statins to reduce our risk of a heart attack or stroke. Statins reduce...

4. www.bhf.org.uk › cholesterol-and-statinsFlawed cholesterol study makes headlines - BHF

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   The total number of people involved in the study was nearly 70,000, but only 9 of the 19 studies actually included deaths from heart and circulatory disease. Moreover, two-thirds of the total number of participants in this new analysis are from one study (Bathum et al 2013). This study found that higher cholesterol (total, HDL, or LDL) in people ag...

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   Professor Jeremy Pearson, Associate Medical Director at the British Heart Foundation, said: “As we get older, many more factors determine our overall health, making the impact of high cholesterol levels less easy to detect. "The evidence from large clinical trials demonstrates very clearly that lowering LDL cholesterol reduces our risk of death ove...

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   The story was covered by the Daily Mail, Guardian, Independent, Telegraph, BBC Radio Fourand others. The Daily Mail headline ‘Statins 'may be a waste of time': Controversial report claims there's NO link between 'bad cholesterol' and heart disease’ did at least include the word ‘controversial’, rather than present the evidence as fact, while The Ti...

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5. www.bhf.org.uk › statins-for-over-75sAre statins really a ‘waste of time’ for over-75s? - BHF

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   A new study has reported that statins don’t reduce risk of heart attacks and stroke for over 75s without existing heart or circulatory diseases. We go behind the headlines to get to the truth and ask whether statins really are worth taking.

6. ukhsa.blog.gov.uk › 2019/03/18 › health-matters-whatHealth Matters: What you need to know about statins – UK ...

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   Mar 18, 2019 · Statins are vital in the UK effort to save many thousands of preventable deaths every year caused by cardiovascular disease. With extensive research confirming that statin treatment is very...

7. www.bbc.co.uk › news › health-64251636Consider statins for millions more people in England, NHS told

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   Jan 13, 2023 · About 15 million more people in England could be prescribed daily cholesterol-lowering statin pills to cut their risk of heart attacks and stroke, new advice for the NHS says.