11.   Still, Newman, who is a pediatrician, and Hulley, an epidemiologist, questioned the wisdom of treating elevated cholesterol levels in young men and women.

12.   Up to now, concern about elevated cholesterol has been focused mainly on middle-aged people since increasing age raises their heart disease risk.

13.   Besides the skin cancer and a slightly elevated cholesterol level, doctors pronounced Clinton in good health as he prepares to leave the White House.

14.   But even here, evidence is building that outwardly healthy people with only mildly elevated cholesterol will live longer and better if they take statins.

15.   Dr. K. Lance Gould of the University of Texas Medical School in Houston said he would recommend cholesterol-lowering drugs to all his heart patients with elevated cholesterol.

16.   Side effects can include heart and liver damage, endocrine-system imbalance, elevated cholesterol levels, strokes, aggressive behavior and genitalia dysfunction.