The poster child is "LDL cholesterol" level, yielding a statins prescription. AIUI, the statins makers have been trying for decades to show statins as doing an

The poster child is "LDL cholesterol" level, yielding a statins prescription. AIUI, the statins makers have been trying for decades to show statins as doing anything for anyone who has not had, or possibly is in imminent danger of, a heart attack. Yet, millions of people who have "slightly elevated" cholesterol are on it. [I am not a physician. This is not medical advice.]