SHOULD YOU BE TAKING A STATIN? When I visited my primary doctor for my annual checkup last year, she told me I should consider taking a statin drug.  I know that the main reason people take statin is to lower cholesterol.  However, (so far-so good) my cholesterol-level readings have been okay:  under 200 for total, and under 100 for LDL—the “bad” cholesterol. (To learn more about cholesterol, please refer to my September 2018 post Clearing Up Cholesterol Confusion.) Since I’m over 75, my doc tells me I now have a greater chance of a heart attack or stroke; And a...