Medical statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is interesting but what they conceal is vital.
- Anonymous
Andy
- Anonymous
Andy
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Re: Medical statistics
Mon, January 10, 2005 - 9:06 PMI'll have to remember the bikini quote. I was just thinking about Vioxx. I know at least one person who switched from a more traditional medicine to Vioxx after he read the interesting statistic that Vioxx was supposed to reduce the risk to his stomach; however, at the time, he had not read the vital statistic that Vioxx was also supposed to increase the risk to his heart.
I recently read that statistically, for any married couple in reasonably good health, they are more likely to get a divorce than to die within the next five years.