From Thos Sumner, Waterloo, Iowa, US
David Holdsworth questions the use of statins on the grounds that it may amount to choosing a probable death from cancer over a heart attack (Letters, 12 May). But taking statins may be more like choosing cancer at 80 over a heart attack at 60.
I had a serious temporarily fatal heart attack at 62, and was resuscitated. I am now looking forward to my 90th birthday next year, and to celebrating my 23-year-old daughter's graduation from university this year.
Article amended on 26 July 2018
Correction: We corrected the state that Thos Sumner lives in.
