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Alleged deficit reduction from health care reform bill: $1.3 trillion
After the admitted budgetary excesses of some past Republicans, it appears the Democrats in Congress feel—dare we say it—entitled to push the limits of fiscal sanity in favor of long-sought-after liberal agenda items. They are welcome to set their own priorities. But...
In a smaller group of women - those who already have heart disease - the data suggests that statins can reduce heart-related deaths. But as Dr. Beatrice Golomb, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Diego, says, they don't reduce deaths overall. "Any reduction in death from...
The gender-specific analysis showed that women who took 20 mg of Crestor daily for an average of 1.9 years had a 46% reduction in cardiovascular events - similar to the 42% reduction in men - compared with the placebo group. "I said once we had the large numbers of women, we...
Other researchers say that evidence is muddy. The reduction in cardiovascular events sounds impressive until you take a closer look. Men taking Crestor had a lower risk of hard events, including fatal and nonfatal heart attack and stroke. But the only statistically significant benefits for women treated with Crestor involved...