Statins being prescribed for those "least in need"

Need for Statins in Children - Review

Assist Those Most in Need, or Most of Those in Need? The Challenge of Allocative Efficiency for Aid Effectiveness

Against the current backdrop of declining aid budgets, the efficient allocation of aid is of crucial importance for its effectiveness. Allocative efficiency (aid is allocated where it has the largest impact) has become at least as important as operational efficiency (aid is used in a way that maximises results per unit of spending). Donors have committed in international forums in Paris (2005),...

Group Behaviour: Leadership by Those in Need

A new model of animal group behaviour shows that, when the need to reach a target outweighs the costs of splitting from the group, a minority of the most 'needy' individuals become the leaders of large groups.

More treatment for those most in need? A foregone conclusion?

In the study of McFarlane et al1 a community outreach program was set up to reduce the transition to psychosis in subjects at increased risk. A broad range of subjects (aged 15–25) was included, from low risk to frank psychosis. The design was not randomized on the basis of ethical considerations. Treatment consisted of familyaided assertive community treatment (FACT) and medication in the form...

Do patients on statins also need niacin?

Niacin has been used for years to treat hypercholesterolemia, but may not be as beneficial as thought for patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease. Until further research is done, niacin should be used only in patients who do not tolerate or respond to statin therapy, and never in patients who have achieved goal LDL cholesterol on a statin.