Statin Pills (IMAGE)
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This image shows statin pills. Most young adults might assume they have years before needing to worry about their cholesterol.
But new findings from researchers at the Duke Clinical Research Institute suggest that even slightly high cholesterol levels in otherwise healthy adults between the ages of 35 and 55 can have long-term impacts on their heart health, with every decade of high cholesterol increasing their chances of heart disease by 39 percent.
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Shawn Rocco/ Duke Medicine
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