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I won't disagree that the pharmaceutical companies make lots of dollars from statins, but they wouldn't be subsidised on the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme by the Federal Government if there wasn't good evidence.
I anaesthetise patients for cardiac surgery - I certainly agree that we see lots of people who have indulged in too much fast-food. Unfortunately we see some without any risk factors who look to be clean living people - usually they have chosen their parents poorly. You can't change the hand you've been dealt, but (most of the time) you can decide how it's played. One thing I have definitely observed - 99% of the 80+ year olds we see are NOT fat - the fat ones are already dead.
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