About four years ago, I lectured to a group of conventional cardiologists about statin drugs. In that presentation, I presented data that cholesterol-lowering medications including statins and Zetia were poor choices to treat heart disease. Needless to say, the lecture was not well received. When I presented data about...
Are statins and hypertensive medications useful for the elderly? I have written extensively about this subject in my books, newsletters and blog posts. Many older subjects—greater than 75% in one study—are taking statin medications in order to prevent getting a heart attack. (1) A recent article in Evidenced Based ...
This week, the new guidelines on preventing heart disease were released by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. The media reported widely about this. Now, for most people, monitoring LDL-cholesterol and total cholesterol levels is not indicated. If your risk of developing cardiac disease is...
I am rarely rendered speechless, but after reading the latest article published in JAMA, yours truly had his tongue tied up. The title of the article is, “Effect of Statin Therapy on Mortality in Patients With Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia.” (JAMA online October 9, 2013). The authors of this article hypothesized...
The headline in the New York Times on 2.15.13 stated, “Merck Settles Suits of Cholesterol Drug”. The article indicated that Big Pharma Founding Cartel Member Merck agreed to pay $688 million to settle lawsuits claiming that it had harmed investors by delaying the release of unfavorable study results for...
As reported in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (1.10.13) a study by the Institute of Medicine found that our health care woes are much worse than we thought. In fact, over the last 30 years, as compared to other Western countries, we ranked last in...
If you are elderly, how can you increase your risk of dying? The answer is simple: Take a statin drug. Statin drugs are the most profitable drugs for the Big Pharma Cartel. Lipitor, Baycol, Zocor, and Crestor are examples of statin medications. These drugs are prescribed by doctors to...
New data from the Framingham Heart Study finds that low LDL-cholesterol is related to the future development of cancer. Scientists studied 201 participants with cancer who were matched with 201 controls who were cancer free. The researchers looked at the trend of LDL-cholesterol for an extended period of time...
The FDA added two new warnings to statin drugs this week. These warnings include an increased risk of diabetes and mental confusion among statin users. The FDA report said that all statin labeling must carry warnings about increased risk of elevated blood sugar and transient memory loss and cognitive...
I received the latest National Geographic magazine with interest. The cover story is titled, “The New Science of the Teenage Brain.” With two teenagers at home, I was interested to read this article. Perhaps the magazine article could help to clarify what happened to my sweet children. But, that...
