Free Statins With Fast Food Could Neutralize Heart Risk
Fast food outlets could provide statin drugs free of (51) so that customers can (52) the heart disease dangers of fatty food, researchers at Imperial College London suggest in a new study. Statins reduce the (53) of unhealthy "LDL" cholesterol in the blood. A wealth of trial data has proven them to be highly effective at lowering a person’s heart attack risk. In a paper published in the American Journal of Cardiology, Dr Darrel Francis and colleagues calculate (54) the reduction in heart attack risk offered by a statin is (55) to offset the increase in heart attack risk (56) eating a cheeseburger and drinking a milkshake. Dr Francis, from the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London, (57) is the senior author of the study, said: "Statins don’t (58) A. severe B. enough C. weak D. active
