You follow your cardiologist’s advice, thinking it will protect you in the long run. But what if this is not the case? It will come to no surprise for regular readers of my blog that I think that lifestyle changes are the ONLY answer for heart disease. Unfortunately, many patients opt not to make the […]
JUST HOW OFF BASE IS MEDICINE? Keep in mind that this particular article is an editorial. The author is writing for the British Heart Foundation. He believes that the use of a statin can zero out the negative health effects of a Quarter Pounder with cheese and a small milkshake. Have we really come so far down […]
IS THIS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF STATINS (LIPITOR, CRESTOR, ZOCOR, VYTORIN, etc…)? It should come as no surprise to regular readers of my posts that the research just does not support the use of statins to prevent a first heart attack. The data is very, very weak. Which would be fine if it […]
Society has been brainwashed into thinking that drugs to lower cholesterol are required to prevent heart disease if you have high cholesterol. Money thrown at a consistent marketing message can do that. It is not uncommon for me to hear a patient speak defiantly in a phrase like, “I do NOT want to go on […]
Ok, so maybe I’ve been too hard on statins. Just because they suck at preventing a first heart attack is no reason to throw the baby out with the bath water. The list of side effects continues to grow, with diabetes being the most concerning (unless of course, it is you personally who happens to die […]
