The buzz word in health care industry is Modifiable risk factors. It targets every year to low set points to all values to make people get exhausted to reach the target. For eg Cholesterol, is there any purpose for this substance to be synthesized from liver apart from exogenous sources. So many duties for this small molecule transported with lipoproteins ranging from synthesizing stress hormone cortisol to covering neurons and nerve fibers.
Second, the controversy surrounding the use of statins which says 300 people to be treated to prevent one heart attack but 5 % develops side effects including muscle weakness, means 15 people will develop side effects to prevent one heart attack. Does it sound logical? I believe in evidence-based medicine where RCT are the backbone, but that's meant for masses I feel not for an individual. Now came the additional knowledge about pharmacogenomics…
