Statins are used extensively to ward off heart attacks and strokes in middle-aged people, supported by strong evidence from ...

To estimate that risk, doctors use equations that include different ... is maintained as the starting point for statin treatment, then 17.3 million adults who were previously recommended primary ...

Older adults who have other serious medical conditions or take many different medications that could potentially interfere with statins will have less to gain and more to lose with statin therapy.

But the Royal College of GPs has raised the alarm saying this could lead to some older people ... 11.8 million (37%) adults in England, aged 30-84, would be eligible for statin therapy.