Sam Sr. loves his son, and he said he hoped his son made it to the N.F.L. "As a black man, we have so many hurdles to cross," he said. "This is just one he has to cross."

LOL right, the media portrays TEBOW as deserving a contract

@sknep thanks for sharing this! I'm bookmarking yours for the next time I redo my own. BTW, love Logos :)

Well, there is profit in diet and exercise because of ACA.

+1

Agree wholeheartedly. Risk/reward calculation (by a medical professional) is the biggest piece.

The discussion was on whether statins are safe and effective. They are.

Aspirin is quite dangerous as well.

What they don't do is reduce your risk of heart disease and in fact they increase your overall risk of death from all causes.

FWIW, there's nothing wrong with being skeptical about the bottom line that pharm, medical companies are all about. But when something is proven to work but credible medical sources across the globe. Why not take it? Little to any side effects.

If there’s a good enough reason to be on treatment, the drawbacks of treatment are very low. Cholesterol medicines are cheap, effective and safe, so because of this there should be a low bar to treat everyone at risk.

I'd be speaking from inexperience if I argued what you're saying about the differences in generics compared to Pfizer products.

I do know that generic statins are safe as well.

I guess what I'm confused about (per reading your comments) is this: If I am at high risk of having a heart attack because of (1) family…

If you're at risk for heart-related illnesses, they are effective at reducing that risk and protecting you from having a potentially (and often) fatal attack.

No, that's not true. People at risk are the ones that benefit from statins. That's why they were created? It's a preventative medication and hopefully given…

Good link, thank you.

Sure, there's always the hidden drug company bottom line. But, working as a professional in health care at a world renown hospital, I think it's more about preventative medicine as a result of ACA.

It's actually to the benefit of patients. Statins are dirt cheap and highly effective.

Kind of. They released guidelines that basically make LDL/HDL levels more or less of a marker of potential risk factors. So yes, less important overall.

Did he punch the other black guy that said it too? He didn't? Oh....

So he punched a white guy. Racist.

Unless your car breaks down on the way to your parents house...

Jaguars, huh?