Statins may help prevent heart disease

According to a paper published in this week’s NEJM, primary prevention using stations may prevent acute cardiovascular events such as coronary and stroke disease, the an individual has a high “C-Reactive Protein” level, but no physical signs or symptoms of disease. An analysis of the study suggests that “250,000 heart attacks, strokes, bypass operations, angioplasties, and deaths in the next five years” Comment: However, given the media hype, is the suggestion that everyone with this single adverse test (no data on false positives or false negatives) by paced on statins for life?