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Thread: Managing Cholesterol

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06-24-2009, 03:25 AM

BlueSky

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Originally Posted by foxl

So ... how should we interpret this?

More heart patients getting cholesterol levels under control - CNN.com

I am not refuting the argument against statins and cholesterol control. Just want to garner comments on the story -- and the study itself.

The study, which was funded by Pfizer, shows that taking statins reduces cholesterol levels. But it says nothing about how this affected the incidence of heart attacks. So the study is, IMO, irrelevant. We all know that statins reduce cholesterol anyway. This is precisely why I wouldn't want to take one.

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