Cholesterol-lowering drugs no benefit to those over 65

Description: of British Columbia, and director of the government-funded Therapeutics Initiative, whose purpose is to pore over the data on particular drugs and figure out how well they work. This was reported in the January 17th, 2008 cover story in BusinessWeek titled "Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good?" "He [ Dr. Wright ] found no benefit in people over the age of 65, no matter how much their cholesterol declines, and no benefit in women of any age." ... statins death risks benefits age pharmaceuticals ...