Statin cuts heart problems after artery surgery
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 - 16:07
in Health & Medicine
NEW YORK (AP) -- Score another victory for the cheap, cholesterol-lowering wonder drugs known as statins. People getting an artery unclogged or repaired were much less likely to die or have a heart attack afterward if they took preventive doses of the pills before and after their operations, a Dutch study showed....