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>> for a urologist he got every part of that right. i only contest one thing, the issue of memory loss with the statin drug sz controversial. a study show that's anything that lower cholesterol may affect short-term memory loss. it hasn't been proven. i've got to aadmit, though, patients complain about it. the risk diabetes, also. >> compliance is a big problem because of muscle pain. >> quick, quick question. if you told me, i had to take the statin, i also change my diet in the process and i lowered my cholesterol number, would you take me off the statin? >> i'm the kind of doctor that i don...

A blockage here would cause a stroke and would be a sign i'm at increased risk for heart attack. >> unless you do the imaging and advanced testing, you are really playing russian roulette with your life. >> your body needs cholesterol. actually makes it. it is in the lining of every cell in your body. the liver sends out ldl cholesterol and when everything works right the good, hdl, salvages excess ldl and brings it back to the liver. you also get cholesterol in foods, things like meat, french fries, eggs, butter, desserts, ice cream. your cholesterol number is a good measure of what's in the ...

Fries, eggs, butter, desserts, ice cream. your cholesterol number is a good measure of what's in the blood. but here's the problem -- it doesn't tell if you it is building up in the walls of your blood vessels forming plaque. it's the plaque that causes heart attacks. >> if you look in the coronary care unit at people that have heart attacks, the cholesterol levels of those who have heart attacks versus those in the street who have it are essentially the same. >> that is kind of surprising. right? because you'll hear people exchanging their cholesterol numbers. if it is low they seem quite pro...

So who would be affected? dr. lisa mater is a cardiologist and joins us now. i guess it is not clear, not even the heart association and those that made these recommendations know exactly what this is going to do to the number of people taking cholesterol lowering medications, right, doctor? >> i think so. i think we do know we'll see a lot more people on this medication. i think the good news is that now we're going to target our highest risk patients and we're going to put them only on one drug as opposed to numerous drugs. so it will be a little bit easier once we can target the right patie...

we'll find out what we need to do to change our health. >> if someone you loved for was putting what you're putting in your mouth in their mouth, what would you tell them, that is fundamentally the answer you have to give yourself. >> only in america, the typo gone viral. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening i'm not piers morgan i'm donny deutsch filling in for piers. i'm turning the tables, i think the best in the business, matt lauer will answer my questions, this should be good. are you sure you want to do this? >> keep in mind i have a lot of opportunities to get you ba...