AN all-in-one "polypill" with the potential to save many tens of thousands of lives each year in the UK could be available in less than two years.
Results from a ground-breaking trial showed that the four-medicine pill dramatically reduces major risk factors for heart attack and stroke.
In a group of healthy individuals aged 50 and over, it cut levels of blood pressure and cholesterol to those typical of a 20-year-old.
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