Heart benefits from cholesterol reduction

IT is important to know that coronary heart diseases are the result of accumulated risk factors. It is also important to note that these various death traps – angina pectoris, heart attacks, sudden death, abnormal heartbeat – are in fact mostly “home made”, a consequence of our lifestyles.  

The results of a new study suggest that one of the steps that we can take towards prevention of heart disease is the lowering of cholesterol. The study in question is the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial (ASCOT), a landmark study that investigates whether newer anti-hypertensive medicines produce greater heart benefits than “older” regimens.