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Study Finds New Heart Guidelines Would Put About Half Of Older Adults On Statins
The New England Journal of Medicine study is the first independent assessment of guidelines released last fall on the use of the heart medications, and it shows 56 million people between the ages of 40 and 75 are eligible for the treatment.
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