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Aggressive lipid-lowering benefits bypass patients

May 21, 2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In patients who have had heart bypass surgery, taking the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor at a dose of 80 milligrams per day, rather than 10 milligrams per day, can markedly improve outcomes, new research shows. Major heart-related "events" fell by 27 percent and the... [read full story]                    

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