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Nudging’ heart patients to take their statins leads to better adherence and better outcomes

INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER Statins are an effective medication for treating patients with heart disease – they cut the risk of a second major adverse cardiac event by almost 50 percent. But only about six percent of patients take statins as prescribed. One way to solve that? Nudge them. Literally. In a new study presented to...