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Hear Hear In article <[log in to unmask]>, Tom Sargent <[log in to unmask]> writes >I'm going to stick my head above the parapet to throw a few bricks at some of >the tosh which has been written on this subject. > >There is NO evidence that expensive ssssnake oil will have any effect whatsoever >on this lady's life expectancy. > >I'm just long enough in the tooth to recall the wonderful things which were said >of atromid and the shambles when some actual EBM appeared. The evidence *is* >clear about the benefits of statins in the middle aged. This lady has shown she >can live very well with a high cholesterol. How about treating the patient not >the cholesterol?? > >Why are folk so keen to fill her up with expensive unproven stuff (I emphasise >unproven at *her* age) . She knows very well how to live with a high >cholesterol. Why do we wish to give her stuff to take the knots out of our >nappies???? > >Tom (Fx rumble rumble) >sounds of lid being closed on flame proof ICBM shelter. > -- Dr Gillian Braunold %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%