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Do Statins Make You Stupid?

By On June 20, 2010 · 4 Comments

If you have been reading this blog you might have come to the conclusion as I have that only stupid women take statins to prevent heart attacks or death and that only stupid men think that it will save their lives if they don’t have a prior history of heart disease. But now there is [...]

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Our Editorial on Jupiter Published in Circulation

By On May 20, 2009 · 5 Comments

famous JUPITER study just came out here in the journal Circulation, in which we argue that the results of the study do not dictate that such large numbers of people should start taking statin drugs for the prevention of heart disease based on the marker of inflammation C-Reactive Protein (CRP).

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Cardiac Surgery of Little Use for Most People with Heart Disease

By On May 5, 2009 · 1 Comment

Several clinical studies that are over a decade old showed that coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery when compared to medication therapy does more harm than good for most patients.

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Statins Interfere with Orgasms: Live Update from APS in Chicago

By On March 6, 2009 · 14 Comments

Mrs. Bremner and I are at the American Psychosomatic Society (APS) Annual Meeting in Chicago this week where the most interesting presentation other than our poster and talk on brain and heart mechanisms mediating the increased risk for mortality in people with heart disease and depression, is this late breaking data [...]

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Use This Drug Cuz I Told You To, You Moron

By On February 25, 2009 · 4 Comments

This week’s JAMA has an article that evaluates guidelines written for the appropriate treatment of a variety of cardiac conditions. These are guidelines written by experts in the field about appropriate treatments for a variety of conditions, from heart attacks to atrial fibrillation. The guidelines were ranked according to level of evidence, with guidelines [...]

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Jupiter Study of Statins for Elevated CRP Is Not Likely To Turn On Aphrodite

By On January 27, 2009 · 1 Comment

Based on the results of the Jupiter Study, that a biomarker of heart disease, C-reactive Protein (CRP), predicts response to the drug Crestor (rosuvastatin) (and not just total cholesterol or LDL cholesterol), the authors of this study would apparently like us to come to the conclusion that, basically, all of us should be on a statin medication for the prevention of heart disease. In fact, I can already hear the shills and the media saying “revolutionary” and “likely to change practice”!

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