The drug companies know what they want you to think. They want you
to think that the only reliable predictor for heart disease is an
elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol level, and the
best way to decrease your risk to take "statin" drugs such as Zocor
and Lipitor. Cholesterol-reducing medications are among the
highest-grossing pharmaceutical products ever, so drug companies
want to lead you to their medications. But an elevated
LDL-cholesterol level is not the only predictor of heart disease.
It's not even the best predictor--that honor goes to a little known
test that looks for elevated levels of C-reactive protein.
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