Study Looks at Relationship Betw. High Cholesterol + Lower Risk

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edited October 2017 in High Risk for Breast Cancer

Study Looks at Relationship Between High Cholesterol and Lower Breast Cancer Risk
September 14, 2017
A study suggests that women diagnosed with high cholesterol are less likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer; if they are diagnosed with breast cancer, they are less likely to die from it than women without high cholesterol. Read more...

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  • Jelson
    Jelson Member Posts: 1,535
    edited September 2017

    I have made this comment about this article before - the authors make a huge leap - that the women diagnosed with high cholesterol were on statins and the reduction in breast cancer was caused by the statins. Nowhere do they speak to the question of whether or not, or how many of the women were actually taking statins.

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  • Synergy
    Synergy Member Posts: 11
    edited October 2017

    Statins have a dark side and have been pushed a lot by the big pharma...Interesting to see what more research shoes...

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