We need to keep cholesterol levels low even when we are young, University of Cambridge scientists say, as our risk of developing atherosclerosis – the ‘furring’ of the arteries – can begin much earlier in life than previously thought. The researchers also suggest that those people on lipid-lowering drugs such as statins to lower cholesterol levels should remain on them even if their cholesterol levels have fallen, as stopping treatment could increase their risk of atherosclerosis. One of the major causes of heart and circulatory disease, atherosclerosis involves the hardening and narrowing of …