http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/07/kids-and-cholesterol-new-recommendations-call-for-statins/ Diet Column - bringing you all the best diet news and opinions Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:01:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/07/kids-and-cholesterol-new-recommendations-call-for-statins/comment-page-1/#comment-3004 Elizabeth Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:38:57 +0000 http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/07/kids-and-cholesterol-new-recommendations-call-for-statins/#comment-3004 I agree. Some responsibility should be shifted to the parents. I also agree that Big Pharma doesn't really appear to be finding solutions- only patching problems. I agree. Some responsibility should be shifted to the parents. I also agree that Big Pharma doesn’t really appear to be finding solutions- only patching problems.

]]> http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/07/kids-and-cholesterol-new-recommendations-call-for-statins/comment-page-1/#comment-3001 Meghan Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:49 +0000 http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/07/kids-and-cholesterol-new-recommendations-call-for-statins/#comment-3001 If statins are the miracle drug that doctors and many patients believe them to be- why have incidents of heart disease not declined with the 150% increase in prescriptions? I suppose it is this same thinking that has led pharma to find a new market for their big sellers. I wonder if those kids will be downing their statins with their supersized coke to go with their Big Mac and fries. Cholesterol is not the problem. It is merely a side-effect. If statins are the miracle drug that doctors and many patients believe them to be- why have incidents of heart disease not declined with the 150% increase in prescriptions? I suppose it is this same thinking that has led pharma to find a new market for their big sellers. I wonder if those kids will be downing their statins with their supersized coke to go with their Big Mac and fries. Cholesterol is not the problem. It is merely a side-effect.

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