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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: skinowski who wrote (7220)6/28/2009 9:06:25 AM
From: Lane32 Recommendations  Read Replies (3) of 42652
 
Any chance you could recall what study that was?

The message about statins was all over the news. This is just the first article that popped up when I googled "stents" and "mortality."

medicalnewstoday.com

Re the statins:

ti.ubc.ca

"Conclusions:

If cardiovascular serious adverse events are viewed in isolation, 71 primary prevention patients with cardiovascular risk factors have to be treated with a statin for 3 to 5 years to prevent one myocardial infarction or stroke.

This cardiovascular benefit is not reflected in 2 measures of overall health impact, total mortality and total serious adverse events. Therefore, statins have not been shown to provide an overall health benefit in primary prevention trials. "
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