Statins

Should Healthy Adults Over 50 Take Statins?

| Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Statins Risks, Statin Use Adults, Video, Statin Risks, Statins, Adults Statins, Statins Age 50, Statins 50, Healthy Living News

By Melinda Wenner Moyer (Click here for the original article) Everyone over 50 should take statins to lower their cholesterol, an editorial argued...

Read Whole Story

Toil, or Tirade? Hard Truths About Hype

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 04.26.2012

Tirades are, by their very nature, apt to gain a lot of attention and "go viral." They are dramatic. They are extreme, provocative, and full of intrigue. Hype sells. Unfortunately, much of the time -- it is wrong.

Read Post

Be Smart on Statins: Heart Health Can't Rely on Just Cholesterol-Cutting Drugs

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Dr. Braunstein, Cholesterol, Fda, Statin Drugs, Cholesterol Drugs, Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Statins, High Cholesterol, Mediterranean Diet, Heart Health, Los Angeles News

Before we start indiscriminately dumping statins into the water supply as an easy way to reduce cardiovascular disease, we must individually -- patient by patient -- examine the tradeoffs.

Read Post

Viewing Heart Damage Can Make People Serious About Statins, Study Shows

Reuters | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Statin Use Heart Damage, Video, Statins Heart Damage, View Heart Damage, View Heart Damage Statins, View Heart Damage Statin, Statins, Reuters, Healthy Living News

By Debra Sherman and Ransdell Pierson CHICAGO, March 24 (Reuters) - Patients who view images of their hearts and see for themselves th...

Read Whole Story

Are Cholesterol-Lowering Statins Actually Safe?

Posted 03.03.2012

Read More: Video, Cholesterol, Statin Drugs, Matt Lauer, Health, Statins, Today Show, Health Post50, Matt Lauer Today, Memory Loss, Diabetes, Heart Attack, Fifty News

While millions of individuals take statins such as Lipitor and Lescol to lower their cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attack, they may simulta...

Read Whole Story

The Wisdom Of Menopause

Christiane Northrup, MD | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: The Wisdom of Menopause, Perimenopause, Menopause, Statins, What Is Menopause, Menopause Symptoms, Aging Gracefully, Symptoms of Menopause, Healthy Living News

Menopause is not something that happens to you! Nor is it something that you have no control over. Menopause is actually about coming home to yourself.

Read Post

Exciting New Discovery In Treating CFS And Fibromyalgia

Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D. | Posted 08.04.2011

Read More: Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Cfs, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Healthy Living, Healthy Living Body, Chronic Pain, Statins, Chronic Conditions, Healthy Living News

New research suggests that statins might have a very helpful antiviral effect at high dose, and they may even hold promise as an effective new treatment for CFS and fibromyalgia.

Read Post

Fast Food Restaurants Contemplating Offering Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs With Meals

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pharmacotherapy, Cholesterol, Katz, Healthy, Prevention, Health, Dr. David Katz, Statins, Fast Food, Heart Disease, News, Conditions, Cardiology, Healthy Living News

A recent editorial proposes that fast food restaurants consider giving out a cholesterol-lowering statin drug with each meal, just as they give away little packets of ketchup. Surely, this must be a joke, right?

Read Post

Effectiveness Of Statins Is Called Into Question

latimes.com | Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Statins Heart Attack, Statin Drugs, Statins Effects, Heart Attack Medication, Cholesterol Drugs, Statins, Health, Healthy Living News

Today, a majority of people who use statins are doing so for primary prevention of heart attacks and strokes. It is this use of statins that has come ...

Read Whole Story

Kids' Cholesterol Drug Gets Approval in EU

AP | LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Kids Cholesterol, Health, Statins, Lipitor, Children's Cholesterol Drug, Kids Cholesterol Drug, Children Cholesterol, Cholesterol Children, Children Statins, Cholesterol Kids, Cholesterol Drugs Children, Healthy Living News

TRENTON, N.J. — The European Union has approved a new chewable form of cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor for children 10 and up with high levels o...

Read Whole Story

Cholesterol Drugs For The Healthy Still Debatable

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Lowering Cholesterol, Statin Drugs, Health, Lower Cholesterol, Drugs Cholesterol, Cholesterol Drugs, Statins, Healthy Living News

CHICAGO — Should healthy people with low cholesterol take a pill to lower their cholesterol even more in hopes of preventing heart problems? The...

Read Whole Story

Dr. Dean Ornish On An Alternative To Statins

New York Times | Dr Dean Ornish | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dean Ornish, Science, Medicine, Health, Statins, Healthy Living News

Re "Plan to Widen Use of Statins Has Skeptics" (front page, March 31): The wrong question is being asked. It's not: "Should Crestor be given to reduce...

Read Whole Story

Buyer Beware: Statins To Lower Cholesterol Are Not a Panacea

Christiane Northrup, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Wisdom of Menopause, Crestor, Women's Bodies Women's Wisdom, Statins, Women's Health, Cholesterol, Healthy Lifestyle, Inflammation, Statin Drugs, Healthy Living News

I'm sure that many of you read about the study showing that Crestor, a popular statin drug manufactured by AstraZeneca, has been found to confer an ad...

Read Post

Lower Your Risk Of Heart Disease Without Drugs

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cholesterol, Heart Disease, Trigylcerides, Niacin, Statins, How to Manage Cholesterol, Health, Drugs, Heart Medication, Manage Cholesterol, Niaspan, Healthy Living News

If you say your genes are responsible, you are mostly wrong. It is the environment working on your genes that determines your risk. In other words, it is the way you eat, how much you exercise, how you deal with stress and the effects of environmental toxins.

Read Post

Have a Placebo

Doug Bremner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cholesterol Drugs, Health, Lipitor, Statins, Antibiotics, Doctors, Medication, Heard Disease, Overprescribed, Healthy Living News

One article in bmj shows that half of doctors prescribe their patients placebos; another shows that 23% of patients on statins were women without heart disease.

Read Post

Statins for Kids?

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Lifestyle, Children, Health, Statins, Childhood Obesity, Heart Disease, Obesity, Sleep, Healthy Living News

The American Academy of Pediatrics released new guidelines this week, recommending some children as young as 8 take cholesterol-fighting drugs to ward off future heart problems.

Read Post