Oh dear! - More risk of being prescribed statins...

GPs to screen every patient for heart risk - Telegraph

Extract:

"Millions of people could be prescribed cholesterol-reducing statins under guidelines published today by the Government's drug-rationing watchdog.

GPs will be told to draw up a "systematic strategy" to identify which patients on their books are most at risk of developing heart disease.

These patients will then be called to their local clinic or health centre for blood tests to measure their cholesterol levels, the guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) will say.

People who are found to have a 20 per cent or greater chance of developing cardiovascular disease over the next decade will be prescribed statins to try to reduce their cholesterol."

The usefulness and safety of statins is debatable. - Click on the statins tab at the end of this entry and read the evidence.

High cholesterol is caused by salt sensitivity and can be lowered by eating less salt and salty food. - This costs nothing and is completely safe, unlike taking statins...

Heart disease is also best treated or avoided by cutting out salt and salty food.

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