A new drug that claims to cut cholesterol by up to 60 per cent, which makes it much more effective than statins, is about to be launched.
This medicine is called ALN-PCS, it blocks a protein that stops the blood getting rid of the harmful fat which can block arteries and cause heart attacks and strokes.
One dose slashed the bad cholesterol (LDL), by up to 57 per cent, statins, the most popular (one in five people can't take) cuts cholesterol by 36 - 53 per cent.
Dr Kevin Fitzgerald, whom led the study in Massachusetts, US. said the drug could be a much needed alternative to statins, or be combined with them to produce "even greater effects" for cholesterol sufferers, after further tests have been carried out.
Coronary heart disease in the UK's single biggest killer, causing around 82,000 deaths each year.
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