Study: Most at-risk patients don't adhere to statin treatment, despite real benefits
Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 09:31
in Health & Medicine
A new study from North Carolina State University shows that the vast majority of patients at high risk for heart disease or stroke do a poor job of taking statins as prescribed. That's especially unfortunate, because the same study shows that taking statins can significantly increase the quality and length of those patients' lives.