http://www.medrants.com/archives/3902 Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.medrants.com/archives/3902/comment-page-1#comment-521371 JPB Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:15:06 +0000 http://www.medrants.com/?p=3902#comment-521371 There are also good discussions at Mike Eades' site (Protein Power), Merrill Goozner's and the Heart Scan blog (Dr. Davis). There are many weaknesses that need much more scrutiny from independent medical experts. I hope that doctors are not going to fall into yet another trap from Big Pharma! There are also good discussions at Mike Eades’ site (Protein Power), Merrill Goozner’s and the Heart Scan blog (Dr. Davis). There are many weaknesses that need much more scrutiny from independent medical experts. I hope that doctors are not going to fall into yet another trap from Big Pharma!

]]> http://www.medrants.com/archives/3902/comment-page-1#comment-521363 R E Condon MD Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:23:27 +0000 http://www.medrants.com/?p=3902#comment-521363 There is a good discussion of the weaknesses of the JUPITER study at http://www.junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/ There is a good discussion of the weaknesses of the JUPITER study at http://www.junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/

]]> http://www.medrants.com/archives/3902/comment-page-1#comment-521347 AnnR Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:00:27 +0000 http://www.medrants.com/?p=3902#comment-521347 Doesn't gum disease cause the elevation of this marker? More people than you'd think have gum disease. Did they exclude those people from this study? Doesn’t gum disease cause the elevation of this marker?
More people than you’d think have gum disease. Did they exclude those people from this study?

]]> http://www.medrants.com/archives/3902/comment-page-1#comment-521346 JPB Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:31:19 +0000 http://www.medrants.com/?p=3902#comment-521346 I hope that the medical profession will examine this drug company sponsored study with a lot of skepticism. There are billions of dollars to be made by putting ever more people on statins. The fact that they ended the study after only 2 years, supposedly because of the benefits, did not give the researchers enough time to assess long term side effects of these very powerful drugs! I hope that the medical profession will examine this drug company sponsored study with a lot of skepticism. There are billions of dollars to be made by putting ever more people on statins. The fact that they ended the study after only 2 years, supposedly because of the benefits, did not give the researchers enough time to assess long term side effects of these very powerful drugs!

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