So the big story today is how statins can ward off cancer. This is a classic case of media hype of questionable data that was discussed last week. In this case, the data is observational and can hardly be used for any recommendations. Even the article itself recognizes this (of course, not in the title):
However, researchers seem unanimous in saying the evidence is still too weak to recommend taking statins for cancer-prevention alone . .
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