{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Ethical Nag","provider_url":"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org","author_name":"Carolyn Thomas","author_url":"https:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/author\/czthomas\/","title":"Can statins prevent my head from exploding?","type":"link","html":"My head's about to explode, singed by the firestorm of media coverage about new cardiovascular disease treatment guidelines - specifically, the newly-expanded recommendations to prescribe the cholesterol drugs called statins to just about every middle-aged person who still has a detectable pulse. Here's what I'm worried about . . .","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/statins.png?fit=440%2C330","thumbnail_width":402,"thumbnail_height":226}