Are you a postmenopausal survivor taking an aromatase inhibitor to prevent a recurrence?Whether you answer yes or no to the question above,... Read more »
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A reader asks Joe and Teresa Graedon about the flu-like symptoms he experienced when he began taking the statin Lipitor, symptoms that stopped after... Read more »
Scientists at Duke University have found that people who take cholesterol-lowering statins and who have a common gene mutation are more likely to... Read more »