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Washington Examiner: Modern science can reverse heart disease…

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association retired older risk calculators for new PREVENTS equations, widening the age range for primary prevention; the book's still extra.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Washington Examiner argues science can now reverse heart disease, and Washington prefers cheap statins. Is the cheap pill the wrong call?

  2. Cordell VanterpoolLet me be clear. Cheap is a philosophy.

  3. Cordell VanterpoolAs I wrote on page one hundred ninety, a pill is a promise, and so is a pamphlet.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYou're dodging the question.

  5. Cordell VanterpoolIt's on the stand right here. Page two hundred twelve, where I predicted you'd interrupt.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorInterrupt, or not interrupt?

  7. Cordell VanterpoolBoth. Page two hundred forty.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYour book has two hundred pages.

  9. Cordell VanterpoolIt's a deluxe edition. There's an appendix of things I got right afterward.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLast try. Should a patient trust the cheap statin or the new science? Give me a page for that.

  11. Cordell VanterpoolBack cover, Hank. Next to the price. Nineteen ninety-nine.

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