Comments on: Has Professor Collins’ call for BMJ ‘statin’ papers to be retracted backfired spectacularly?

The McGovern report - fats vs carbs based on Ancel Keys' junk science meant a huge windfall for Big Green (high fructose corn syrup - "value added" carb products) and Big Pharm (statins, drugs fo...

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In reply to NM. I agree the Gotzsche's bo...

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who would have pretty much all of us take statins. He has received even more publicity after his extraordinary outbursts against those who would question this “give statins to all” prescr...

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I posted this on another blog about the same topic, but I thought it worth repeating: Sir Professor Collins is inescapably corrupted. This is not to say that he wilfully and mendaciously manipula...

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Prof. Collins, as someone whose work and studies are financially supported by Big Pharma, is perhaps only human. Greed for money and prestige are common human failings. Please keep up your good w...

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Increasingly I think the qualities of intellect, genius, wisdom, and humility, do not stem from what a person has learned, from eminence, or from perceived credentials. Instead they stem from bel...

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Great article, John. I have been following this debate with great interest, and marvel at the arrogance of the CTT people. I also marvel at the inability of the medical profession in general to p...

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In reply to M. Cawdery. as always... well...

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they're now pushing for Metformin to be prescribed as an anti-cancer drug for the over 50's...

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I see Sir Rory as the next Ancel Keys. He have no "research" backing up his claims and misinformation. As we now know that cholesterol are not the reason for cardiovascular diseases so all his ar...

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In reply to M. Cawdery. Sorry forgot to a...

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Sir Rory may well be a a man of the highest integrity but access to data is vital; otherwise you may get scientific frauds like the Sir Cyril Burt fraud on twins and intelligence where data was h...

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I posted the following on the BMJ Rapid Response Board. It remains to be seen if it is accepted. Re Stains, cholesterol and medical clinical drug research Following the recent controversy on SARs...

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In answer to your article's question, I rather think it has. I have posted this elsewhere but it might be better here. Interesting reporting of the connection between vitamin D deficiency and dem...

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Years ago i began visiting health web sights such as yours. I was looking mainly for information on improving heart health, along with having a GI condition, wanting to improve that also. (Thankf...

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