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After a year, even severely blocked arteries had reopened. At the Cleveland Clinic, Caldwell Esselstyn Jr., MD ... maintained fair to good cholesterol and blood pressure levels, and had no history of ...

Zocor (simvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) are both statin drugs, which are medications used to lower cholesterol levels in the blood. Statins primarily work by inhibiting the enzyme HMG-CoA ...

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Jan. 21, 2025 – Bernadette McLaughlin is 66 years old, walks 10 miles most days, eats mainly vegetables and tofu, and her standard cholesterol panel looks generally healthy. But there was one ...