Hi The BBC in england just did a new story purporting to say that statins are helping millions of people avoid heart disease. In addition they say that statins actually strengthen the heart muscle as well as having cholestrol lowering effects and very little side effects (muscle pain was the only side effect they mentioned). Did anyone in england see this on the 10 o clock news bbc1? What astounded me was that this seems to be in the most part directly contradicting what i have researched on the net. I could'nt believe that the bbc could be so backward in reporting such rubbish. It seems like in england they are 10 years behind the current research and news stories like this just seem to prolong any change in treatments. Each doctor we have spoke to about statins seem to be reading from the same script suggesting that statins are perfectly safe drugs to take. My understanding was that statins weaken the heart and thus supplementation of co10 is recommended to counteract such an effect. I still can't get my dad to take co10 and now he has seen this news story his mind is totally made up. Richard