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Statins on a wide scale could make for the single greatest life expectancy increase we could get anywhere...that would be awesome.
by Blackthorn 3y ago
Statins on a wide scale could make for the single greatest life expectancy increase we could get anywhere...that would be awesome.
- pessimizer 3y agoI hear that every few years from press releases written by people who sell statins.
- Blackthorn 3y agoDoesn't make it wrong.
- throwaway290 3y agoNot wrong, merely irrelevant.
- Valmar 3y agoStatins are dangerous... they block cholesterol, which incidentally, is fundamental, crucial, even, to the formation of both cell membranes and innumerable important hormones. They are no solution at all. Just a fad.
- logicchains 3y agoThe effect of statins is incredibly modest at best: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2790055 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/articl... . Anyone telling you otherwise is doing so because of financial incentive, not from following the actual science.