Statins and cancer.

[sandybrown]

Are statins a DOUBLE-action wonder drug? Cholesterol-busting tablets may also help stop the spread of cancer

Read more: dailymail.co.uk/health/arti...

Please read, very important, the bottom line, 50% of experts who drew-up NHS guidance on the drugs have received funding from firms that manufacture statins.

Another story, that where do charity gets their funding?

Open ended findings!

[rocheen]

I saw that in the mail. Dr Malcolm Kendrick has reported on it. It's shocking what they come with about statins.

[DakCB-UK]

Why keep posting their links here? Anyone who wants to read the Daily Fail can do so. They never cite their sources so it's rather difficult to check any of their claims and everyone should take it with a tonne of salt... because salt cures cancer doesn't it? Or was that last week?

[sandybrown in reply to DakCB-UK]

OK, point taken.

How important is news?

Why go to a conference when all the information is available on the Web, so I have been informed?

[DakCB-UK in reply to sandybrown]

The Daily Fail is news now?

[sandybrown in reply to DakCB-UK]

Well, thank you for every one's support over the last four years.

No more posts!

Statin or no statin, one life.

[KatyB in reply to sandybrown]

Bala, I always read DM or any other papers with health articles, thank you for bringing it to peoples' attention. All information is gladly received.

[Penel]

PubMed has a summary of the original research, it's not an easy read!

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/242...

Basically it seems to be saying that statins can have an effect on a lot of different, and apparently unrelated, health issues, which may or may not have anything to do with cholesterol. If statins might help stop the spread of cancer, that's good news.