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Diet drinks - the artificial sweeteners taste vile.
Having to forswear foods I have loved all my life.
Trying to find low carb meals when eating out.
First the link:
https://www.theguardian.com/society...ver-75-eligible-for-statins-analysis-suggests
which suggests that under new guidelines almost ever male over 60 fits the criteria to be prescribed statins.
Now for the double edges sword!
"Commenting on the paper, Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chair of the Royal College of GPs, said:"
Which is the party line (which many here may not agree with). However she also says
Which is a polite way of saying that the new guidelines are almost certainly wrong.
You go, Girl!!!!
https://www.theguardian.com/society...ver-75-eligible-for-statins-analysis-suggests
which suggests that under new guidelines almost ever male over 60 fits the criteria to be prescribed statins.
Now for the double edges sword!
"Commenting on the paper, Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chair of the Royal College of GPs, said:"
Statins have been found to be highly effective drugs at preventing cardiovascular disease by reducing cholesterol levels of patients, and extensive research has shown that taking them is safe.
Which is the party line (which many here may not agree with). However she also says
But our patients should only take medication if they need to, and specifically they are at high risk of developing conditions that statins can help prevent.
We need to get the risk scores right. If we find that all men over 60 and all women over 75 are going to be eligible for statins with new risk scoring, regardless of any other risk factor, then it should ring alarm bells – because it is not clear that every 60-year-old man or 75-year-old woman is going to benefit from statin therapy.
Which is a polite way of saying that the new guidelines are almost certainly wrong.
You go, Girl!!!!