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The problem with statins
Updated On: 18 June, 2017 06:28 AM IST | Mumbai | Gitanjali Chandrasekharan
<p>A country grappling with cardiac disease is a sitting duck for an anti-cholesterol drug that some say is a silver bullet to stave off heart attack even as others bash it for severe side effects, one of which includes encouraging cancer</p>
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A combination of poor dietary choices, fascination for junk food, a sedentary lifestyle and the stress of everyday life is making Indians highly susceptible to heart disease, say experts. Pics/Getty Images
When, at the beginning of this month, it was reported that a new study had found that statins, class of drugs, could help reduce the risk of fatality from breast cancer by 40 per cent (see box: The Beijing research), it was another potential trophy on the mantle for statins, which many cardiologists would happily call the wonder drug of this century.
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