A couple years ago, I read a book about "emerging markets" in healthcare and it completely changed my perception of medicine. It's a business, like everything else. Expanding the market requires people to be sick and need medicine. How do you do that? Prescribe on symptoms. Turn the symptoms into the condition.
High cholesterol used to be a potential sign of heart disease. Now you have high cholesterol and that's a treatable condition.
Not trying to rail against early detection. I just think people should be weary of medication and diagnosis when lifestyle changes can be just as impactful.
A couple years ago, I read a book about "emerging markets" in healthcare and it completely changed my perception of medicine. It's a business, like everything else. Expanding the market requires people to be sick and need medicine. How do you do that? Prescribe on symptoms. Turn the symptoms into the condition.
High cholesterol used to be a potential sign of heart disease. Now you have high cholesterol and that's a treatable condition.
Not trying to rail against early detection. I just think people should be weary of medication and diagnosis when lifestyle changes can be just as impactful.
Cholesterol is a tricky one. Lifestyle mods may not have an impact on some people, but in other people it makes a massive difference.
What I do know is HDL confers huge protective benefit, regardless of LDL numbers. Bring on the olive oil and red wine!