CardioBrief: Statin Denialism Is 'A Deadly Internet-Driven Cult'
Blistering attack from Dr Steve Nissan on MedPage:
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No holds barred, coming right after the Coconut Oil will Kill You AHA advisory and its Internet response. Though notably, in this excerpt, only Dr. Oz and Dean Ornish are named. Also interesting is the fact that Dr. Mark Hyman heads Cleveland Clinic's Center for Functional Medicine. Guess they don't eat lunch together. :) https://my.clevelandclinic.org/depa...tional-medicine http://drhyman.com/blog/category/he.../heart-disease/ **The Annuals of Internal Medicine is also subscription, so until it shows up somewhere, the full version is here only if a subscriber. http://annals.org/aim/article/26455...ly-consequences |
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Wow! Mark Hyman must be a brave man, working among the hyenas. Jean |
Actually is is quite common for one institution to have doctors and professors at both ends of the spectrum. That is why I hate it when journalists say things like "Harvard" says this or that.
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Here's the risk; that people will take the small protection that statins provide vs heart disease as seriously as the medical profession does. I have friends that think the statins they take will somewhat offset the risks posed by their smoking. There are lots of quack therapies out there, I don't think you can blame them for people's distrust of statins. More like distrust of statins and the medical community drives people to alternatives. Quote:
Is it shocking if adherence to a drug is low when even if you're in the small percentage of people whose life it may have saved, there's no way for you to ever know it? |
I wonder how Dr. Ornish liked having his regimen described as a "cult diet"? :D
Pleased to see that most of the comments have not been in support of Dr. Nissan. |
About supposed benefits of statins being so well documented, no. Even the quote by this author, around twelve versus thirteen percent difference, that's only slightly over one percent statistically better. In exchange for some nasty potential side effects considering statins target the mevalonate pathway which is pretty critical for a lot of life functions beyond having nicer looking numbers on a cholesterol test which may not even translate to reduced risk. I've taken a look at the evidence supposedly proving these great statin benefits and found what I've seen pretty unconvincing. Just statistical manipulations using "relative" rather than "absolute" statistical risk to inflate claimed benefits which are, as the author himself quoted, pretty small. I personally am of the opinion any (slight) benefit to statins comes from their anti-inflammatory effect and that cholesterol lowering is just a side effect which probably doesn't reduce heart attack risk. And there are a lot safer kinds of anti-inflammatory items out there if reduction of inflammation (which I personally think likely does positively affect heart disease) is the goal.
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This study, published in April, is in one of the rebuttal comments.
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teaser, if your friends stopped statins, might they adopt a healthier lifestyle and stop smoking? Might be interesting if doctors framed it that way. Take this medication with side effects or clean up your diet? http://jcbmr.com/index.php/jcbmr/article/view/18/36 |
Amazing brave blog post by Dr Jason Fung on the Corruption of Academic Medicine, specifically calling out Dr Nissen on his Conflicts of Interest and the fear-mongering title of his editorial.
https://intensivedietarymanagement....demic-medicine/ Long blog post with eye-opening graphs about payments and the study showing a decrease in deaths since 50% discontinuation of statins at link. |
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Dr Fung is indeed brave. Amazing article. Jean |
These recent fear-mongering titles are good for another reason..it has brought out the best of the LC humorists. Tom Naughton has been busy on his new movie, kids book and the farm, but he's back writing again to address scourge of cults in nutrition and medical advice. :lol:
I Admit It: I'm a Member of the Cult. http://www.fathead-movie.com/index....er-of-the-cult/ Add this to Sears Coconut Oil Kills video, https://www.dietdoctor.com/will-coconut-oil-kill , and even big Pharma with all their millions in marketing budget are going to have a hard time capturing "our hearts and minds" (was anyone else creeped out by that comment?...this about our compliant use of drugs?) |
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Thanks for this. Tim Naughton's article is perfect and it made me laugh, always a good thing. Jean |
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And had it not been for this article I might never have found the connection between my husband's smashing his thumb hammering in a t-post & his refusal to take statins. :D |
It's true! Paleo humans died from lack of statins. ;-)
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The Ornish Diet worked so well for Steve Jobs. Not!
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