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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (7750)7/25/2009 7:29:52 AM
From: John Carragher  Respond to of 42652
 
study never mentioned how high their cholesterol was of those tested. i expect if you take those with just extreme high cholesterol your improvement in chance to avoid a heart attack may improve to 50% vs 31%. Again it depends on the mix of those tested.



To: TimF who wrote (7750)7/25/2009 11:16:01 AM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42652
 
>> These kinds of not-entirely-honest messages about public health aren't necessarily a problem

I'm having a really tough time seeing how the drug company exaggerated in the cited case.

Looks to me they told it precisely as it was.


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