[Alex3917]

"Make an argument here and cite your sources here, I'm not going to read a book just so I can respond to your post in half a month..."

I'm not especially interested in discussing this at length, I listed the books I did for the benefit of you and anyone else who is interested. You could instead read Wikipedia and random papers you find on Google scholar, but I don't think you'll really learn much that way. And in Overdosed America it's really only one or two chapters that are relevant.

"How's a paper in a top tier medical journal[1]?"

Not really worth much unless it's a large NIH trial, a well-cited meta study, or an IOM report. Individual research papers are generally pretty worthless, at least for medical related stuff.

[DanBC]

Here's a well conducted meta study. (http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD004816/statins-for-the-prima...)

> Of 1000 people treated with a statin for five years, 18 would avoid a major CVD event which compares well with other treatments used for preventing cardiovascular disease. Taking statins did not increase the risk of serious adverse effects such as cancer. Statins are likely to be cost-effective in primary prevention.