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  "id": 18954846,
  "title": "Ditching Primary Prevention Statins in Old Age? Technically 'Safe' With Caveats",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/ditching-primary-prevention-statins-in-old-age-technically-safe-with",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-08T13:58:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MedPage Today",
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    "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/aha/123774"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "(MedPage Today) -- Long-time statin users over age 70 were arguably fine stopping therapy in the STREAM randomized trial, but the results hardly boded well for longer-term cardiovascular safety, and there was no upside in quality of life. A strategy...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}