Statins are the single most commonly prescribed class of drugs in the whole of the developed world. They're taken by over 100 million people, with millions more patients being offered them every year. We know that statins do some good. But we don't know how big the benefits are. We don't know which is the best. We don't how common the side effects are. We don't give clear information to patients, so they are deprived of their right to make informed decisions about the trade-off between benefits, inconvenience, and risk. All this can be fixed, with a few simple changes that weld big data onto the heart and art of medicine.
| ISBN: | 9780008133641 |
| Publication date: | 5th May 2016 |
| Author: | Ben Goldacre |
| Publisher: | Fourth Estate Ltd an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Primary Genre | Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure |
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