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'A Real-but-Vanilla Commercial Dispute': What We Heard This Week

(MedPage Today) -- "The underlying case is a real-but-vanilla commercial dispute." -- Christopher Robertson, JD, PhD, of Boston University, discussing a medical software company's lawsuit against a former collaborator, who helped launch a rival...

'A Real-but-Vanilla Commercial Dispute': What We Heard This Week

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What are statins? And can healthy people use them to prevent heart disease and dementia?

New evidence shows more people might benefit from this cholesterol-lowering medication than we previously thought. But that doesn’t mean everyone should take one.

  • Statins lower LDL cholesterol by inhibiting liver production of bad cholesterol.
  • Recent studies investigate statins' potential to prevent dementia in healthy individuals.
  • Unclear effectiveness of statins in preventing dementia among healthy people.

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