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Lower Your Risk Of Heart Disease Without Drugs

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 11.26.2009 | Living

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

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.

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Buyer Beware: Statins To Lower Cholesterol Are Not a Panacea

Christiane Northrup, MD | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living

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

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...

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Have a Placebo

Doug Bremner | Posted 11.28.2008 | Living

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

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.

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Statins for Kids?

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 08.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Lifestyle, Children, Health, Statins, Childhood Obesity, Heart Disease, Obesity, Sleep, Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

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.

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