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Old 02-23-2012, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by KayakerNC View Post
Actually, people would do far better by listening to their Doctor and ignoring this kind non-supported "information".
Google the JUPITER trial, or read the WebMD article.
Statins for Lowering Cholesterol Levels
So we're talking about one clinical trial (JUPITER) versus 11 clinical trials totaling over 65,000 people? As far as I can tell, the WebMD article didn't mention how many people were in the JUPITER trial, did they? Did all of those in the trial have extremely high cholesterol? Can you provide a link that will give more details? My time is limited so it would help if you could provide such a link. Was it a double blind study? Legnth of time?

Hopefully, I'll have more time tomorrow to read the WebMD article. I just read it over fast. Perhaps I got the wrong impression but it seems to not be interested in full disclosure.