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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (18650)8/6/2010 7:28:37 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
""Women benefit as much as men from statins for primary prevention of CVD":

Indeed, they have been shown to benefit equally, zero vs zero. <g>

As for the opinion you clipped, without supporting studies, useless. Show me the study. The only other possible benefit that has been demonstrated, besides men with active CAD, is for those with high CRP, which is not the problem for which they are prescribed.
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