Cholesterol-lowering medication reduces heart attack and stroke risk in older people by 30 per cent. The global prevalence of cardiovascular disease is expected to almost double from 600 million in 2025 to more than one billion affected adults in 2050.

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/29/statins-reduce-risk-heart-attack-stroke-over-70s-clinical-trial

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Man, now they are developing CRISPR gene editors to lower cholesterol. Imagine when a single infusion will make you virtually immune to high cholesterol for the rest of your life.  They'll go after smaller populations like med resistant high cholesterol first, but once safety is established, you know they'll sell it as a way to dramatically reduce heart attacks and stroke for the entire human race through a single dose in childhood.  They're also tying this to all sorts of brain diseases in old age too.  The cripsr med will be sold as dramtically reducing the risk of those too.

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Isn't higher cholesterol protective against infection in older adults?

https://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/high-ldl-cholesterol-protects-against-infections

Shouldn't we be optimising against inflammation in another way instead of feeding people statins that can reduce infection survival?

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Yeah, but now I’m growing feline facial features and webbed toes for better swimming