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Statins May Halve Heart-Attack Risk

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UPDATE 3.28.23: Beware the marketing of cholesterol-fighting drugs. A new cholesterol-fighting drug, bempedoic, branded Nexletol, is using a similar marketing strategy as statins. Here...

Lipitor—Junk Science Math

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Originally posted July 7, 2015. Shane Ellison, M.Sc., “The Peoples Chemist,” explains in an email (copied below) the difference between relative and absolute risk. As Shane...

Your Odds with Statins: 500 to 1?

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Originally posted October 5, 2011. If you are considering a drug such as a statin, do you and your family know about the “number needed...

Do Your Own Research on Statins

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Originally posted October 20, 2010. In the informative BusinessWeek article “Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good?,” from January 28, 2008, a sidebar heading reads: “In...

Are Statin Drugs Like Crestor and Lipitor for You?

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Originally posted November 26, 2012. The Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education recently released a 20-page report entitled Physician’s Guide to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. The...

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