Wednesday, October 25, 2017

50% Do Not Need Statins. Quelle Surprise!

A “significant” proportion of patients being put on cholesterol-lowering drugs are deemed to be at low risk of having a heart attack or stroke, a new study suggests.
Researchers found there could be “significant over-treatment” of statin therapy among patients who have less than a 10% chance of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) within 10 years.
The study, published in the British Journal of General Practice, tracked statin prescribing over a period of time.
A pensioner with her daily prescription drugs
(Peter Byrne/PA)
Researchers from the University of Birmingham looked at data from 1.4 million patients aged over 40 across 248 GP practices across England and Wales between 2000 and 2015.
Over this time period, 217,860 patients started statin treatment. Huff Post.

God’s Love and Ours. 1 John 4.

God’s Love and Ours. 7)  Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows G...