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http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/atp3upd04_disclose.htm
Note the close ties they have with the drug companies -- Pfizer, Merck, IVAX Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson -- that produce statins.
The ties encompass the following: honoraria fees from the companies, research grants from the companies, unrestricted institutional grants from the companies, consultant appointments from the companies, speakers for the companies, and ownership of stock in the companies.View Thread

Dr. Rosch is well known for his anti-statin stand. When reading an article critical of the Jupiter Study, one would expect the authors to have negative viewpoints.
Would this have been a proper disclosure statement for Dr. Rosch?
Dr. Rosch — I don't like statins and I'm a member of THINCS whose members also don't like statins.
However, his position on statins in no way DISPROVED his arguments against the Crestor Study and its investigators.
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Source - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/atp3upd04_disclose.htm
"Statin drugs have been aggressively promoted by the pharmaceutical industry and medical opinion leaders," says THINCS member Paul Rosch, MD, President of the American Institute of Stress. "The new guidelines were not written by disinterested scientists, but by members of the medical community who have received major grants from the pharmaceutical industry. The recommendations are based on distorted statistical analysis of relative risk reduction that mislead doctors and the public. They are designed to turn healthy people into patients."
Source - http://www.thincs.org/pressrelease82004.htmView Thread

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