"In the study, a team from the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center and the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System performed a computer analysis of data from thousands of heart patients."

"They found that patients with a recent history of acute coronary syndrome -- either a heart attack or a hospital stay for chest pain -- get more than four additional quality-adjusted months of life from higher doses of statins."

"This makes the extra cost of the higher doses worthwhile,
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