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Consumers and Health Professionals Find Risk Statistics More Persuasive When Presented in Relative Terms, Study Concludes

BUFFALO, N.Y. Every day, consumers and their healthcare providers make decisions about medications, diagnostic tests and other medical interventions based on risk statistics. According to the findings ...
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Study finds statins reduce the relative risk of cardiovascular diseases by over 20% in adults aged 75+ with high cholesterol

Researchers provided comprehensive evidence of the benefits of statin use in elderly patients, addressing longstanding uncertainties. The robust evidence demonstrated that continuous statin therapy ...
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Statistics: A Guide to Assessing Societal Risk: Proceedings of a Symposium

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