RT Journal A1 Bauchner H, Fontanarosa PB T1 THe debut of dueling viewpoints JF JAMA JO JAMA YR 2012 FD April 11 VO 307 IS 14 SP 1532 OP 1532 DO 10.1001/jama.2012.432 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.432 AB Medical journals should encourage discussion and debate.1- 2 For many clinical, public health, and policy issues, there seems to be little agreement and limited scholarly discourse. For example, consider the common clinical question of whether an otherwise healthy middle-aged man with an elevated cholesterol level should begin to take a statin. This question is addressed by Michael J. Blaha and colleagues3 and Rita Redberg and Mitchell Katz4 in a new feature in our Viewpoint section.