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You got your blood test results back and you found out your cholesterol level is 300! You panic & listen fearfully to your doctor telling you how the “bad” LDL cholesterol needs to be lowered immediately! Medication? You are hesitating, since you’ve heard about statin’s negative effects on your health like heart and liver problems, memory loss…By guest writer Raluca Schachter
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