Dr. Aseem Malhotra

They are in the either low risk... 75%, right? Yeah, exactly. Low risk or what we call high risk primary prevention. Now, the benefits of a statin over a five-year period in that group, at best, is 1% in preventing a non-fatal heart attack, a non-disabling stroke, okay? But without prolonging...

They are in the either low risk... 75%, right? Yeah, exactly. Low risk or what we call high risk primary prevention. Now, the benefits of a statin over a five-year period in that group, at best, is 1% in preventing a non-fatal heart attack, a non-disabling stroke, okay? But without prolonging...

Yeah. So this again comes back to, now, this is just my opinion. It's like, oh, is the CMH just cherry picking statistics here? 2009, Gerd Gigerenzer, the director of the Max Planck Institute for Health Literacy in Berlin. This is the same institution that Einstein taught and trained in. Brilliant guy.

Yeah. So this again comes back to, now, this is just my opinion. It's like, oh, is the CMH just cherry picking statistics here? 2009, Gerd Gigerenzer, the director of the Max Planck Institute for Health Literacy in Berlin. This is the same institution that Einstein taught and trained in. Brilliant guy.

Yeah. So this again comes back to, now, this is just my opinion. It's like, oh, is the CMH just cherry picking statistics here? 2009, Gerd Gigerenzer, the director of the Max Planck Institute for Health Literacy in Berlin. This is the same institution that Einstein taught and trained in. Brilliant guy.

He wrote in a WHO bulletin in 2009, it is an ethical imperative for every doctor to understand the difference between absolute risk reduction, numbers need to be treated, and relative risk reduction. And he said to protect patients from unnecessary anxiety and manipulation. So in other words, I paraphrase this.

He wrote in a WHO bulletin in 2009, it is an ethical imperative for every doctor to understand the difference between absolute risk reduction, numbers need to be treated, and relative risk reduction. And he said to protect patients from unnecessary anxiety and manipulation. So in other words, I paraphrase this.

He wrote in a WHO bulletin in 2009, it is an ethical imperative for every doctor to understand the difference between absolute risk reduction, numbers need to be treated, and relative risk reduction. And he said to protect patients from unnecessary anxiety and manipulation. So in other words, I paraphrase this.

If you have that information, and again, most doctors are not trained this way, Mark, this is a problem. You should use it and tell patients, this is what I do. And a patient comes in, it's like, should I take a statin or not? I say, well, let me empower you with the information. Tell me what you think. Most patients with the 1% thing think, hold on a minute. I don't think that's that great, doc.

If you have that information, and again, most doctors are not trained this way, Mark, this is a problem. You should use it and tell patients, this is what I do. And a patient comes in, it's like, should I take a statin or not? I say, well, let me empower you with the information. Tell me what you think. Most patients with the 1% thing think, hold on a minute. I don't think that's that great, doc.

If you have that information, and again, most doctors are not trained this way, Mark, this is a problem. You should use it and tell patients, this is what I do. And a patient comes in, it's like, should I take a statin or not? I say, well, let me empower you with the information. Tell me what you think. Most patients with the 1% thing think, hold on a minute. I don't think that's that great, doc.

And then they'll say, well, is there anything else I can do? And of course, you and I are empowered with an understanding lifestyle, right? So this is how we should be practicing medicine. But Mark, one quick thing is that I didn't just talk about this. I wrote about it.

And then they'll say, well, is there anything else I can do? And of course, you and I are empowered with an understanding lifestyle, right? So this is how we should be practicing medicine. But Mark, one quick thing is that I didn't just talk about this. I wrote about it.

And then they'll say, well, is there anything else I can do? And of course, you and I are empowered with an understanding lifestyle, right? So this is how we should be practicing medicine. But Mark, one quick thing is that I didn't just talk about this. I wrote about it.

And I even got this in front of every Royal College president in the UK saying that the British Medical Journal were doing this campaign against too much medicine. They're talking about informed consent by use of NNTs.

And I even got this in front of every Royal College president in the UK saying that the British Medical Journal were doing this campaign against too much medicine. They're talking about informed consent by use of NNTs.

And I even got this in front of every Royal College president in the UK saying that the British Medical Journal were doing this campaign against too much medicine. They're talking about informed consent by use of NNTs.

we need to launch a campaign because over prescription is a big problem we know there's a big problem with side effects we know that one estimate suggests that prescribed medications is the third most common cause of death after heart disease and cancer globally because of side effects it didn't take long for me to convince the royal college president i was an ambassador for the overall academy of royal colleges at the time

we need to launch a campaign because over prescription is a big problem we know there's a big problem with side effects we know that one estimate suggests that prescribed medications is the third most common cause of death after heart disease and cancer globally because of side effects it didn't take long for me to convince the royal college president i was an ambassador for the overall academy of royal colleges at the time

we need to launch a campaign because over prescription is a big problem we know there's a big problem with side effects we know that one estimate suggests that prescribed medications is the third most common cause of death after heart disease and cancer globally because of side effects it didn't take long for me to convince the royal college president i was an ambassador for the overall academy of royal colleges at the time