By Melinda Wenner Moyer
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Everyone over 50 should take statins to lower their cholesterol,an editorialargued last week inThe Lancet. The piece based its recommendation on ameta-analysis of 27 clinical trialspublished in the same issue that concluded statins significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular events in healthy people without posing substantial risks. Subsequent articles heralding the meta-analysis's findings were published in theGuardian,Forbesand theU.K.Telegraph. But based on the numbers, many experts still aren't convinced that the drugs' benefits outweigh their risks.

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