tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post1373044295999681957..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: More Fear-Based Medical MarketingDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-51021050692515594062008-06-26T22:44:00.000-05:002008-06-26T22:44:00.000-05:00No offense to Budoff, but when I slang statins, th...No offense to Budoff, but when I slang statins, that kid spoke for every pharm company, including competing drugs simultaneously. Whatever it takes to pay the bills. I did one event with him, where every MD and spouse got a "free" CT scan, paid for by me of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-70010512171388329042008-06-26T12:12:00.000-05:002008-06-26T12:12:00.000-05:00Yeah, yeah. Statins. All I've seen them do is de...Yeah, yeah. Statins. All I've seen them do is destroy short term memory, destroy normal sleep patterns and God knows what else they did to mu Mumma for the 6 months she took them until I told her to stop.<BR/><BR/>ALL of the data (ALL OF THE DATA) that 'suggests' that statins have value have been done by... Guess who?<BR/><BR/>You folks must own a lot of stock in those pharmaco's.<BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-65582686952158005022008-06-26T10:16:00.000-05:002008-06-26T10:16:00.000-05:00In response to the debate between the two precedin...In response to the debate between the two preceding anonymous posts, presenting information as facts rather than as recommendations or opinions allows the consumer to make his/her own choices. Rather than saying, "this is a great test for someone with no cardiac risk factors" or saying "this is a horrible test because of the potential costs and risks", if we just present it as "this is what the IVF-MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15278457522408272479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-52702049414495797512008-06-26T09:07:00.000-05:002008-06-26T09:07:00.000-05:00but in the patient with no known CAD, DM or vascul...<I>but in the patient with no known CAD, DM or vascular disease it can be enormously useful.</I><BR/>Do you have any evidence that doing this test on general public with no know desease is going to save lives? You support subjecting healthy people at low to medium risk of heart desease to the risk of 1) radiation 2) dye allergy 3) false positives leading to additional tests that might actually Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-35598726594924912642008-06-26T08:30:00.000-05:002008-06-26T08:30:00.000-05:00Dr. Wes, as a private practice cardiologist with n...Dr. Wes, <BR/>as a private practice cardiologist with no financial interest in GE or any other imaging companies i would like to chirp in with my support for calcium scoring. in the high risk patient you describe who is already on medical therapy it does not have a role, but in the patient with no known CAD, DM or vascular disease it can be enormously useful. many asymptomatic patients skate by Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-14513950786459866072008-06-26T00:53:00.000-05:002008-06-26T00:53:00.000-05:00My father was enrolled in Cedars-Sinai's EBCT rese...My father was enrolled in Cedars-Sinai's EBCT research trial. Not sure if Berman has published his results yet. My father's Agatson score was 1500 about 6 years ago, more recently it was 2200.<BR/>He's 74 and still alive. He has read the lay literature, understands the implications and figures he'll die any time now. Therefore, no need for diet/exercise/lifestyle modification. He just hopesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com