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Statins For All (18th May 12 at 10:35pm UTC)
NHS 'should consider giving statins to healthy people' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18091708
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Re: Statins For All (20th May 12 at 9:38am UTC)
'Good cholesterol' theory challenged? http://www.nhs.uk/news/2012/05may/Pages/good-hdl-cholesterol-heart-genetics.aspx
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Re: Statins For All (11th Jun 12 at 8:53pm UTC)
Statins 'cause fatigue and should be prescribed with care' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9325306/Statins-cause-fatigue-and-should-be-prescribed-with-care.html
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Re: Statins For All (29th Aug 12 at 10:42pm UTC)
Statins fear is 'putting patients health at risk', researchers say http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9504753/Statins-fear-is-putting-patients-health-at-risk-researchers-say.html
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Re: Statins For All (29th Aug 12 at 10:57pm UTC)
Give statins to all over-50s: Even the healthy should take heart drug, says British expert Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2194892/All-50s-statins-regardless-health-history-says-Oxford-professor.html#ixzz24ykNHKSv
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Re: Statins For All (5th Sep 12 at 8:47pm UTC)
Wonder drug: If you're over 50 you should take statins http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/health/you-should-take-statins-if-youre-1286031
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Re: Statins For All (23rd Oct 13 at 10:18am UTC)
Butter and cheese better than trans-fat margarines, says heart specialist Aseem Malhotra says saturated fat is not a problem, low-fat products are often full of sugar and statins are over-prescribed http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/oct/22/butter-cheese-saturated-fat-heart-specialist
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Re: Statins For All (12th Feb 14 at 11:18am UTC)
Guidelines call for more people to be put on statins http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26132758
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Re: Statins For All (13th Feb 14 at 11:15am UTC)
One in four adults to be prescribed daily statin: Now patients with 10% heart attack risk will be offered drug Statins were prescribed to those who had 30% risk or more of heart attack Threshold was lowered in 2005 to include patients with 20% risk or more of a heart attack within a decade New rules could decrease the risk level again to 10% - making the drug available for millions more patients Up to seven million Britons are already on statins at annual cost of £450m http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2557258/One-four-adults-prescribed-daily-statin-Now-patients-10-heart-attack-risk-offered-drug.html#ixzz2tCPsQLEB
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Re: Statins For All (22nd Mar 14 at 10:40am UTC)
Statins scaremongering will cost lives, expert warns Professor Sir Rory Collins said lives could be lost as a result of health professionals misleading people over the safety of the cholesterol-reducing drugs http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10715955/Statins-scaremongering-will-cost-lives-expert-warns.html
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Re: Statins For All (2nd Jun 14 at 7:31am UTC)
'Keep taking statins' says drug body http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27634000
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Re: Statins For All (12th Jun 14 at 9:40am UTC)
Half the experts pushing statins for millions more patients have cash links to drug firms: Call for inquiry into panel's connections Six of the 12-strong NICE panel have received money from drugs makers Panel chairman got funds likely to total tens of thousands from five firms NICE is set to issue new guidelines telling GPs to prescribe more statins http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2655645/Half-experts-pushing-statins-millions-patients-cash-links-drug-firms-Call-inquiry-panels-connections.html#ixzz34Ps40OVh
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Re: Statins For All (18th Jul 14 at 9:51am UTC)
Statins: Millions more to get drugs in controversial plans http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28352290
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Re: Statins For All (23rd Jul 14 at 10:29am UTC)
Statin wars: Doctors are bitterly divided over calls for half of all adults to be put on pills to cut cholesterol. Here's what you need to know http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2700573/Statin-wars-Doctors-bitterly-divided-calls-half-adults-pills-cut-cholesterol-Heres-need-know.html#ixzz38Hnhr6Ji
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Re: Statins For All (24th Sep 14 at 10:54am UTC)
Benefits of taking statins outweigh the diabetes risks, major new study finds http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/benefits-of-taking-statins-outweigh-the-diabetes-risks-major-new-study-finds-9751305.html
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