Blood test could spot risk for heart attack, stroke

Sunday, November 9, 2008 | 4:53 p.m. CST; updated 7:14 p.m. CST, Sunday, November 9, 2008

WASHINGTON — A highly anticipated study has produced powerful evidence that a simple blood test can spot seemingly healthy people who are at increased risk for a heart attack or stroke and that giving them a widely used drug offers potent protection against the nation’s leading killers.

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