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Scam, Scam, Statin Scam
If this doesn’t scream SCAM I don’t know what does…
The local medical center is advertising a “heart screening” in order to determine your risk of heart disease. This is a voluntary screening, and costs $50. You go in, get and EKG, Cholesterol check, and CT calcium score. These are supposed to be good predictors of heart disease. (…)
Does Lower Cholesterol Matter?
The fight against heart disease has relied on statin drugs as a front-line method to lower the risk of heart disease by lowering cholesterol levels. (…)