'Magic' pill may halve death rate; RESEARCH.A PILL with a cocktail of potentially life-saving drugs could halve halve tr.v. halved, halv·ing, halves 1. To divide (something) into two equal portions or parts. 2. To lessen or reduce by half: halved the recipe to serve two. 3. the number of heart attacks and strokes in healthy middle aged and older people, researchers found. Scientists tested more than 2,000 people aged 45 to 80 with a five-drug polypill. They discovered that given to healthy adults with at least one risk factor, such as raised blood pressure or obesity, it could slash the number of fatal cardiovascular problems. The pill, which included a cholesterol-lowering statin stat·in n. Any of a class of drugs that inhibit a key enzyme involved in the synthesis of cholesterol and promote receptor binding of LDL cholesterol, resulting in decreased levels of serum cholesterol. , aspirin and blood pressurelowering drugs, also caused no unpleasant side effects Side effects Effects of a proposed project on other parts of the firm. . British Heart Foundation's Peter Weissberg said: "This shows the polypill does what it says on the tin." But a full assessment of its benefits will take five years. |
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