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I was looking up “pectin in apple cider vinegar,” which led to a study on the benefits of a statin drug a day versus an apple a day.
This passage has me bemused. Amused, too, but mostly bemused.
Is this humour? Or are they serious?
Discussion
Prescribing either an apple a day or a statin a day to everyone over 50 years old is likely to have a similar effect on population vascular mortality. Choosing apples rather than statins may avoid more than a thousand excess cases of myopathy and more than 12 000 excess diabetes diagnoses. The basic costs of apples are likely to be greater than those of statins; however, NHS prescription prices and convenience may drive people to purchase their apples from a store rather than through a pharmacy, thereby reducing direct NHS costs, or the NHS may be able to negotiate apple price freezes (although defrosted apples may not be so palatable).23
Source:
A statin a day keeps the doctor away: comparative proverb assessment modelling study
This passage has me bemused. Amused, too, but mostly bemused.
Is this humour? Or are they serious?
Discussion
Prescribing either an apple a day or a statin a day to everyone over 50 years old is likely to have a similar effect on population vascular mortality. Choosing apples rather than statins may avoid more than a thousand excess cases of myopathy and more than 12 000 excess diabetes diagnoses. The basic costs of apples are likely to be greater than those of statins; however, NHS prescription prices and convenience may drive people to purchase their apples from a store rather than through a pharmacy, thereby reducing direct NHS costs, or the NHS may be able to negotiate apple price freezes (although defrosted apples may not be so palatable).23
Source:
A statin a day keeps the doctor away: comparative proverb assessment modelling study