July 13, 2008 Moore on Your Health: Controversy over kids and statins Play video

(Healthweek) - We talk with Mass General Hospital Cardiologist Dr. Stephanie Moore about reports of a controversial new recommendation by the American Academy of Pediatrics that kids as young as 8-years-old with very high cholesterol be given statins.

Dr. Stephanie Moore also weighs in on concerns of new warnings about the antibiotic Cipro: it can sometimes cause tendon ruptures.