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View story 1.5m wrongly told they risk heart disease | Health | SocietyGuardian.co.uk 2 / 0 http://society.guardian.co.uk/health/news/0,,2120107,00.html Submitted by murali 28 months, 4 weeks, 21 hours ago Thousands of people have been wrongly told they are in danger of developing life-threatening heart diseases because of flaws in the way doctors routinely calculate the risk, according to a study of more than a million people published today. Current estimates of the number at risk of cardiovascular diseases are 1.5 million too high, the report says, suggesting the anti-cholesterol drugs statins are massively and needlessly over-prescribed, inflating the £2bn annual bill to the NHS. Tags: heart comment (0) | Category: heart & blood vessels | Add murali as a source Comments Votes (my sources) Votes (Everyone) Add your comment Add your comment If you already have an account, sign in: Email address: Password: If you don't, just complete these fields: (or join Kify Health World for free) Your name: Your site: (optional) Your comment: (You have up to 5000 characters left) Can you see the 5 most prominent letters/numbers in this image? (case insensitive) Please enter them here: « go back

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