What’s Cholesterol Got to Do With It?
I love Gary Taubes … he’s awesome. I’m prepping for my Saturday radio program and ran across his op ed in the NYTimes (here’s the link), which reviews how “the cholesterol hypothesis” happened. Does the cholesterol idea (lower cholesterol = lower heart attack risk) even work? This article makes the point that the...
Got Statins? If So, You May Up Your Risk of a Brain Bleed by 50%
Don’t get me wrong, there are mixed data out there. For example, we’re told that Statins reduce your risk of stroke and that there’s scientific research behind that assertion, and the barrage of advertisements you watch on TV, hear on the radio, and see in print. But now, another study shows...
Got Statins? May Want To Give Them Back!
A study just pubbed in the Archives of Internal Medicine deals yet another blow to the blanket use of statins, and the efforts of the pharmaceutical industry to make them a public utility. Hot water, Cold Water, Electricity, Statin Pills. Here is the study, in case you need help...