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Study Shows Web App Effective in Determining Access to Statins Without a Prescription

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reduction in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, on average, six months after starting treatment. Nissen, MD , chief academic officer in the Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute at Cleveland Clinic and the study’s lead author. of cases at baseline and at the final treatment phase assessment, respectively.

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The “open data” movement runs aground on FOURIER

Dr. Anish Koka

The open-data movement seeks to liberate the massive amount of data generated in running clinical trials from the grasp of the academic medical-pharmaceutical industrial complex that mostly runs the most important trials responsible for bringing novel therapeutics to market. Cholesterol lowering is big business. billion dollars.

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Finally – the end (of the trial process)

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

In my opinion, or should I say ‘allegedly’ what actually happened here was that Barney Calman had heard from various cardiology experts that cholesterol and statin ‘deniers’ were causing people to stop taking their drugs. Sorry, I know the answer to that. What actually happened? Had Barney ever read any of it?

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The legal case – naming a few names

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

I, Dr Malcolm Kendrick, with or without other co-conspirators, would be accused of spreading misinformation about cholesterol and statins. This misinformation would have resulted in many thousands of people giving up their medication and suffering heart attacks and strokes as a result. Why do these attacks happen?