Statins don't cause most of the side effects listed on their labels.

A University of Oxford review of the evidence suggests that statins are no more likely than a placebo to cause most of the side effects listed on their labels.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260205-statins-dont-cause-most-of-the-side-effects-listed-on-their-labels?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Statins #Health #HeartDisease #Cholesterol #Strokes #HeartAttacks #Medicine #Research #Science #Healthcare

Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to the EU fell by 37%.

Exports of British farm products to the EU have dropped almost 40% in the five years since Brexit, highlighting the trade barriers caused by the UK’s divorce from the EU in 2020.

Analysis of HMRC data by the National Farmers’ Union shows the decline in sales of everything from British beef to cheddar cheese has dropped by 37.4% in the five years since 2019.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260207-post-brexit-sales-of-british-farm-products-to-the-eu-fell-by-37?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Farming #Brexit #UK #EU #Business #NFU

The PubMed trap: Germany’s dangerous data poker in medicine.

When PubMed, the world’s largest medical literature database, went offline for a day, German science was suddenly made aware of how precariously it stands.

The German government promised digital sovereignty and provides millions, but behind the scenes, a dispute rages over securing important research data.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260127-the-pubmed-trap-germanys-dangerous-data-poker-in-medicine?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Healthcare #PubMed #Medicine #Germany #DataSovereignty #OLSPub #ZBMED #Tech #Research #Science #Europe