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Every year, over 800,000 people suffer a heart attack in the U.S.

One risk factor you've never heard about is L. A. This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry

and Joe Grayden. The most commonly prescribed medications to prevent heart disease are called

statins. But while statins lower LDL cholesterol, they actually raise another important risk factor,

L.P. Little A. Dr. San Samicus is a cardiologist who studies

Lipoprotein A. He's written a fascinating article in the European Heart Journal

titled Statons and Increases in L.P. Little A. An inconvenient truth that needs

attention. How can we control lipoprotein A?

Coming up on the people's pharmacy, the best kept secret in heart disease.

In the People's pharmacy health headlines, about half of American adults take some

vitamin or mineral supplement every day. That can be pricey.

The supplement market adds up to around $50 billion a year.

Are they wasting their money?

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, or U.TF, just published a review of the evidence on vitamins

and minerals against heart disease or cancer.

The authors reviewed 84 studies, including people with no known

cardiovascular problems or cancer at the outset. They also had no vitamin or

mineral deficiencies. In this population, multivitamins were linked to a small

but statistically significant drop in the risk of cancer, including lung cancer. On the other hand,

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