The return of an El Niño weather pattern in the U.S. has made this winter especially brutal. And all that cold, snowy, blustery, wet weather has a big impact on your health. So, today, as we [...]
Tag: statins
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 [...]
New evidence shows statins speed up the aging process
The bad news about cholesterol-lowering statin drugs just keeps piling up. It’s not surprising when you understand the basic biology. Statin drugs are metabolic poisons. They interfere with [...]
Mainstream finally starting to get the message about statin drugs
Robert J. DuBroff, M.D., with the Cardiology Division of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine deserves some credit. He recently published a great article in the journal Evidence Based [...]
Statins double breast cancer in women
New research shows women who take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs for 10 years or more have a much higher breast cancer risk than those who never take the blockbuster drugs. This finding [...]
Put eggs back on your plate
It amazes me how often I hear this question: “So–are eggs are okay to eat now?” The answer is YES. It’s always been yes. Eggs and many other foods high in cholesterol–such as dairy, [...]
Statin scandal hits high note and a new low
I have been writing about the dangers of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs for years and warning anyone who would listen. Of course, the problems with statin drugs–such as serious muscle [...]
Statins raise risk of cataracts
Maybe your doctor told you that your cholesterol is a little high. He or she told you to take a small, daily dose of a cholesterol-lowering statin drug. But now, you feel tired all the time. Your [...]
Statins a bust for lung diseases too
Big pharma loves COPD. It stands for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. And in the old days, we used to call this hard-to-treat disease emphysema. Big pharma pines over the 15 million [...]