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Take a statin medication. if they have any history of heart disease, get a statin medication. if their bad cholesterol is congenitally high, above 190, obviously, they ll be recommended a statin medication. and if your ten-year risk of developing heart disease is over 70%, you ll be recommended a statin medication. that s a calculation you can figure out with your doctor or through online calculator as well. but the point is this, if you do the math, you could double the number of people taking statin medications over the next couple of years. it s about 35 million people taking it now, could go up to 70 million people. while it may reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes, the question a lot of people are asking, is it going to make us live longer as well? and this may surprise you, but the answer to that question is not still clear. it s a lot to digest, so i want to bring in dr. steven neeszen the share of cardiovascular medicine at the cleveland clinic. let me ask you a couple ....

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