Norman Swan

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15,786 appearances 142 recordings 2 series first heard Jul 2005 last heard 18 Sep

Norman Swan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Health Report · Validation for people living with chronic pain · 4 Sep 2026 podcast
And that's the key thing. matched
So they've looked at several different endpoints here. matched
So they've looked at cardiovascular um events, they've looked at stroke, and then they've added this other endpoint of coronary revascularization, which is matched
Putting something in to open up the coronary artery. matched
Actually when you look at it in the groups who are on statins and not on statins, the statins didn't reduce your risk of dying in a statistically significant way and didn't reduce your risk of long term disability free survival. matched
Really where the the outcome was seen that all these headlines have focused on is in this coronary revascularization group, which we should be clear is very cardiologist-dependent. matched
They're more likely to go and intervene on people with a high cholesterol. matched
There's a lot of nuance and grey there. matched
But you get symptomatic improvement. matched
You might get less symptoms if you have the stent in. matched
But I think the long and the short of this is am I putting every patient now over seventy on a statin because of this study? matched
Because that's what the headlines have suggested. matched
It is matched
Yes, possibly, because they'll earn a lot more money than they already are, although they're earning enough, I would argue. matched
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It's a lot more nuanced. matched
There's a lot of discussion about deprescribing in patients as they age to r to improve quality of life, take stuff out of the Webster pack, reduce the risk of side effects, adverse effects. matched
So it's not that clear cut. matched
It's nuanced. matched
You have to chat to your health professional. matched
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