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Statins for "Flu" Treatment -- A Serious Health Mistake in the Making

  • January 12, 2012
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Statins for "Flu" Treatment -- A Serious Health Mistake in the Making

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  • A new study is reporting that the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins may reduce flu deaths by half, but it did not compare statin drugs against a control group; it compared statin drugs to antiviral medications. What the study actually found was that, more than likely, antiviral drugs were killing people twice as quickly as the statins!

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