Advanced Mediterranean Diet

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher discusses the issue of statin over-prescribing:

 http://healthjournalclub.blogspot.com/2010/04/statins-pregnancy-sepsis-cancer-heart.html

My recent Self/NutritionData Heart Health Blog post on the lack of statin benefit - in terms of death risk - in healthy adults without heart disease but with “high” cholesterol levels:

http://www.self.com/health/blogs/nutritiondata-heart-health/2010/07/statins-not-so-great-for-prima.html

Steve Parker, M.D.

Reference: Ray, Kausik, et al.  Statins and all-cause mortality in high-risk primary prevention.  Archives of Internal Medicine, 170 (2010): 1,024-1,031.

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