Daily Mail

'No evidence' having high levels of bad cholesterol causes heart disease, claim 17 physicians as they call on doctors to 'abandon' statins

• Researchers have warned statins offer no protection to millions of people
• The findings add to the ever-growing row over the cholesterol-busting pills
• High levels of LDL-C has been considered a major cause of heart disease
• The new study, of almost 1.3 million patients, shows there is no such link