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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Helen William

The two low-cost drugs that could prevent a heart attack

Giving patients a combination of drugs earlier in their treatment could prevent thousands of heart attacks, a new study suggests.

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden and Imperial College London say patients should be treated earlier with statins and the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe.

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