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October 12, 2005

Americans Using Statins to Lower Cholesterol

Despite the sharp rise in obesity in the United States, cholesterol levels in older Americans have fallen markedly over the past 40 years, mainly because of the introduction of statin drugs in the late 1980s, a government study found. (MSNBC)

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