Thanks Knotted for your rant....spot on.

I am thorougly convinced that statins killed my mother. She went on the drugs early in their usage when the muscle damage was poo-poo'd. They left her on the drugs for several years claiming it was an auto-immune disorder related to arthritis. No heart disease in the family, she was very fit when she started taking the drugs, and she spiraled into heart failure. She died 5 years later of heart failure, 20 years younger than her parents at their deaths.

Now I realize that that is extreme, I'm biased based on an unscientific statistical sample space of one, but there is some evidence that statins mess with muscle tissue even in asymptomatic patients. I wish I could find the source. My guess is that it was on NutritionFacts.org (all video so very hard to skim, but an interesting source). Search for statins -- he has 5 videos on the subject.

As Knotted says, healthy lifestyle that includes keeping the stress low (and lovin' the oatmeal doesn't hurt, either).