“… the statin trials [that is studies of statin drugs used to lower cholesterol] of people without existing heart disease showed no reduction in deaths or serious health events, despite the small drop in heart attacks,” notes the cover story in BusinessWeek from January 17th, 2008. “We should tell patients that the reduced cardiovascular risk willbe replaced by other serious illnesses,” says Dr. John Abramson, clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School and author of “Overdosed America”.
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