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(Natural News) A cardiologist from the Cleveland Clinic has published a scathing op-ed in MedPage Today that chastises people who use the internet for supposedly driving heart patients away from taking statin drugs. According to Steven Nissen, a “deadly, internet-driven cult” is the reason why statin usage is dropping, and he says that he’s upset […]

(Natural News) Angry about the fact that sales of statin drugs have reached record lows, a cardiologist from the Cleveland Clinic is blaming both science and online media websites like Natural News for the drop, claiming that this “internet-driven cult” is needlessly scaring people away from taking the cholesterol-lowering medications. Denying the reported side effects […]