I've been researching autism for 11 years. One can figure out what's causing it with just a few hours of diligent effort. The far bigger question is how the edifice of denial works. The essay posted in the replies below is perhaps the best thing ever written on this question. 🙌
I need to tell you something that makes me angrier than anything else in medicine.
60 randomized controlled trials. 323,950 patients. Every cholesterol-lowering drug ever made. Statins. PCSK9 inhibitors. Ezetimibe.
One question. Did lowering LDL cholesterol make people live longer?
Look at the chart. Every dot is a trial. The red line is zero benefit. If these drugs saved lives, the dots would be above the line.
They are not. They reduced LDL by up to 80%. Nobody was saved.
But that is not what makes me angry.
What makes me angry is that millions of people believe they are safe because their LDL is low. Their doctor says "your numbers look great." They go home and never think about it again.
Meanwhile the 12 things that actually cause heart disease are silently building inside them. Nobody is checking. Nobody is testing. Because a cholesterol number gave everyone a false sense of security.
That is not a failure of medicine. That is a fraud.
Ennezat et al. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 2023.
@dylanwilson152@TheFootballFeed England played all their 1966 games at Wembley, of course…and whined in 1970 about the altitude of México City.
No one is talking about the crowd. It’ll be rather loud on Sunday night.
@FionaHammond7 , @barbliv77 this is like Rio talking about Millie. [I am sure you know: Memo is a nickname for Guillermo, as in Ochoa]
Meanwhile, keep the Ingerlund team in Kansas for minimum altitude preparation.
What was being said behind closed doors when the NHS removed the advice for people with heart stents and on haemodialysis to be cautious about folic acid?
Here is what I found out by FOI. https://t.co/UTlHvNGsHB