Statin use linked to more diabetes in women - study

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http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/01/10/health-statin-women-idINDEE80901L20120110?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=70622


Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins may be linked to an increased risk of diabetes in middle-aged and older women, according to a U.S. study -- but researchers said the benefits of the drugs still make them valuable for people at risk.

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a damned if you do and damned if you don't situation?

[catrose]

1. Given that statins have shown no benefit to women

It's not a hard choice.
http://www.spacedoc.com/women_statins.htm

[sense]

2. Not to mention the 200 side effects,

that the drug companies then want to treat.... Crooks and sociopaths.

The decline of the health of so many Americans began with the low fat meme in the 70's which was not based in science, but in politics. We've been deceived in so many ways..... Ancel Keys was a fraud.

http://vimeo.com/couchmode/ancestralhealthsymposium/videos/sort:newest/29464690

[Lance_Boyle]

3. 'may be linked' = no causal relationship is implied

Overweight people have higher incidences of elevated cholesterol than non-overweight people. Overweight people also have higher incidences of diabetes. It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to see the non-causal correlation implied here.