If you suffer a heart attack, what is one of the best ways to improve your chances of surviving it? The answer may surprise you. It has nothing to do with drugs, stents, or other procedures. [...]
Category: Heart Health
3 statin-free ways to get to the heart of cardiovascular disease
Two years ago, I reported on an article that appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association about primary care, internal medicine, and geriatrics doctors who take care of patients [...]
The “everyday things” poisoning your cells and killing your heart
I have been reporting on the many dangers associated with cholesterol-lowering statin drugs for some time. Statins impair skeletal muscles, as well as critical muscle functions in the heart and [...]
The government recommendation that could double your risk of hospitalization or death
Once the medical mandarins embarked on their ridiculous low-salt campaign several decades ago, it became difficult for doctors to go against the grain (of salt restriction, that is). But as I [...]
Just a handful a day can do wonders
A huge, new review of scientific literature confirms what we already knew about eating nuts — they benefit your heart. But two years ago, California nut growers got into a heap of trouble [...]
The missing link for your heart and bones
Almost every day, researchers learn more about the many benefits to vitamins A, B, C, D, and E. But as my friend Dr. George Lundberg — former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American [...]
Another trillion-dollar “epidemic” created by big pharma
Earlier this year in my Daily Dispatch, I reported on an important statin drug study led by Dr. Robert DuBroff of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. I recently heard personally from [...]
Two medical disasters collide — and you could be the casualty
As you would expect, nothing good can happen when two medical disasters of Titanic proportions collide. On the one hand, we have cholesterol-lowering statin drugs. These drugs — taken by [...]
Beyond brain food: New study shows one specific kind of fish tackles a major heart risk factor
There is a tradition in Catholic countries around the world of fasting, abstaining from meat, and eating seafood instead, before Christmas. Of course, the French have their own twist on this sort [...]
The pill-free “prescription” that can cut your risk of heart disease in as little as one hour
We have all heard about the “long winter’s nap” in W. Clement Moore’s early 19th century poem about St. Nicholas. The night before Christmas, in a silent house, the narrator (and his mice) have [...]