>>>>Do those antistatic rags help in this case?
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>>Depends who you believe- some evidence now that antistatins actually don't carry the benefit that was thought.
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>FWIW, Antistatins reduce cholesterol level in the blood (that I know on my own example and unscientific testing). I have not heard of any studies that say that high cholesterol level does not pose any risk.

I'm not sure what studies John is referencing, but I suspect the issue here isn't that the drugs don't reduce cholesterol, but that the people taking them don't have any better outcomes than the people who don't.

Assuming that's the case, it's one of those typical medical conundrums. We learn that people with condition X are at higher risk for outcome Y, so we find a treatment that reduces condition X. But that doesn't automatically mean that we reduce outcome Y.

Tamar