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Plan: modified Atkins
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Location: Oakland, Florida, USA
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New Gary Taubes article
From the MIT Technology Review...
Researchers find a way to mimic clinical trials using genetics
A new way to determine if associations in epidemiological studies are causal or not -- using genetics.
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Today, Mendelian randomization may have settled some of the thorniest issues of cause and effect facing heart doctors—including not just HDL (not causal) and homocysteine (not causal) but also the LDL particles that carry "bad" cholesterol (causal) and even C reactive protein, a measure of the inflammatory process that got considerable media attention as a potential cause of heart disease and now, also, seems to be no more than an association.
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LDL causes for heart problems??? |