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Statin Drugs - To prescribe or not to prescribe.

2012-01-23T11:03:00.002-07:00

To prescribe or not to prescribe: That is the statin question, experts debate January 23, 2012 Michael O'Riordan inShare0 San Francisco, CA and Baltimore, MD - Are statins one of the greatest advances since the introduction of antibiotics, capable of preventing cardiovascular disease in a wide

Doctors Threaten Strike; Others want us all to be guinea pigs

2012-01-20T08:18:00.001-07:00

Doctors Threaten Strike; Others want us all to be guinea pigs . . . A new medical threat proposed But there are now other threats to our welfare. We justifiably do not trust doctors, and as a consequence, people are loath to allow themselves to be experimented on. Which is proving to be a problem for the doctors. As is clearly stated in their paper, Drs Susanne Sheehy and Joel Meyer believe

Don’t believe everything you read (including in scientific journals)

2012-01-20T08:09:00.000-07:00

Don’t believe everything you read (including in scientific journals) News broke last week (see here for an example) that a University of Connecticut researcher had be found to have falsified data concerning his research into the antioxidant resveratrol (found in, among other things, red wine and red grapes). This week the British Medical Journal reports on the fact that a doctor and flu vaccine

There Is No Scientific Basis to Support Treating to LDL Targets

2012-01-19T15:04:00.000-07:00

. . . There Is No Scientific Basis to Support Treating to LDL Targets First, no major randomized clinical trial (RCT) has tested the benefits of treating patients according to LDL targets.5 The clinical trials tested fixed doses of drugs that lower lipid levels in specific patient populations. In some of these trials, drugs were shown to reduce risk (eg,

Statins and Diabetes

2012-01-17T17:37:00.000-07:00

Statins and Diabetes If you are taking statins [Crestor, Lipitor, etc] and you are not a male under 65 with a previously existing heart condition, you may want to reconsider. Dr Michael Eades discusses the remarks of Dr. JoAnn Manson, who is describing the analysis of data from the Women's Health Initiative study showing an association between statin drugs and the development of

New Ways of Marketing Statins: Cholesterol Lowering Drugs for the Flu?

2012-01-12T20:16:00.000-07:00

New Ways of Marketing Statins: Cholesterol Lowering Drugs for the Flu? by Dr. MercolaA new study has led to what is perhaps the most ludicrous recommendation for flu treatment ever — statin drugs! The researchers reported that statin use may reduce death risk in people hospitalized with the flu, and the media is reporting sensational headlines like “Statins reduce flu death risk

Wisdom from The British Medical Journal blogger

2012-01-10T08:28:00.000-07:00

BMJ's Ten Commandments for the Ideal Physician The British Medical Journal's great blogger Richard Lehman has published the following Ten Commandments for excellent clinical practice. These are great rules of thumb for any savvy health care practitioner--but they do require that wee bit of extra work to truly understand the statistics behind the medical literature.

Why Doesn’t My Doctor Know All of This?

2012-01-10T07:38:00.000-07:00

The following is not specifically about heart disease or cholesterol as is most of this blog content. But it does apply. Thyroid dysfunction can be tied in with heart disease if in no other way than making certain lipid abnormalities difficult or nearly impossible to normalize in the quest to reduce plaque growth. In short, I believe this is a valuable discussion of an important issue

Statin-induced diabetes: perhaps, it’s the tip of the iceberg

2012-01-09T21:18:00.000-07:00

From: Oxford University Press Quarterly Journal of Medicine. http://qjmed.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2010/11/29/qjmed.hcq230.full Statin-induced diabetes: perhaps, it’s the tip of the iceberg The meta-analysis by Mills et al.1 involving 170 255 patients randomized in 76 trials reported on the efficacy and safety of statin therapy for the prevention of cardiovascular

Busted! Scientists leave out data to produce bogus findings

2012-01-05T07:39:00.000-07:00

Clinical trials of drugs and other medical therapies are carefully carried out and are the very gold standard of scientific proof, right? According to an in-depth review of this question just published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ,) the answer is no. In fact, the BMJ is sounding the alarm that data reported by scientists is too often not the truth -- because the researchers leave

300+ Health Problems Linked To Statin Drugs

2012-01-03T18:42:00.000-07:00

Consumer Alert: 300+ Health Problems Linked To Statin Drugs Post date: Mon, January 2nd 2012 at 7:15 pm by Sayer Ji A growing body of clinical research now indicates that the cholesterol-lowering class of drugs known as statins, are associated with over 300 adverse health effects -- research boldly flying in the face of national health policy, medical insurance premium

Niacin and Cholesterol - AIM-HIGH study analysis by Jon Barron

2012-01-02T08:37:00.000-07:00

Heart Disease Prevention | Heart Health Newsletter Date: 11/28/2011 Written by: Jon Barron © 1999-2011 The Baseline of Health Foundation Niacin and Cholesterol I recently commented that I could easily spend my entire life doing nothing but responding to silly studies "disproving" natural remedies. And in

Interview with my doctor William Blanchet

2011-12-26T09:07:00.000-07:00

Should We Be Concerned About Cholesterols?

2011-11-04T10:00:00.000-06:00

Robert K. Su, MD interviewed with Dr. Uffe Ravnvskov, on the Carbohydrates Can Kill Podcast show. Dr. Ravnvskov is an internist/nephrologists who has done lots of research in the roles of cholesterol in our health. He shared with us the reasons why treating cholesterol is unnecessary and harmful. Read the full article here

Fructose, Sunscreen, Statins and Flu Shots: a Recipe for Alzheimer's Disease.

2011-10-11T16:11:00.003-06:00

Read the full article at SpaceDoc.com ======================================== A Recipe for Alzheimer's Disease by Stephanie Seneff Senior Research Scientist at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Fructose, Sunscreen, Statins and Flu Shots: a Recipe for Alzheimer's Disease. Alzheimer's is a dreaded diagnosis that immediately causes a patient to confront the frightening fact

Why small LDL particles are the #1 cause of heart disease in the US

2011-10-09T20:19:00.003-06:00

Why small LDL particles are the #1 cause of heart disease in the US Posted on September 15, 2011 by Dr. William Davis Ask your doctor: What is the #1 cause of heart disease in the US? Let’s put aside smoking, since it is an eminently modifiable risk and none of those crazies read this blog anyway. What will your doctor say? Most like he or she will respond:

The David Korech of Medicine?

2011-10-01T06:55:00.001-06:00

Tom Naughton's critical review of a critical review that must have been so off base, mis-leading, false etc. that the powers that be have removed it from the shelves. ===================================================== The Long Knives Are Out For ‘Wheat Belly’ from Fat Head by Tom Naughton Look as if the grain-industry people have been trolling the internet attempting to trash

My cardiologist says.....

2011-09-27T17:58:00.000-06:00

In answer to a question about cholesterol. Q - I'm ... confused about getting cholesterol numbers down. In my reading I've discovered that there is a "cholesterol myth" - Uffe Ravnskov, Gary Taubes, etc. that says that cholesterol does not cause heart disease. Why am I trying to get these numbers if cholesterol does not cause heart disease? I cannot take statins so I'm concerned about

Dr. Michael R. Eades endorses Wheat Belly

2011-09-25T17:54:00.001-06:00

"Wheat Belly hit the New York Times Bestseller list shortly after it came out (and has been there for two weeks now), which I can tell you from experience, is not an easy thing to do. As a result (because being on the NY Times list means a book has had big sales numbers), the wheat producers have not taken their hits lying down. They’re fighting back with full venom, because a book like this

HeartHawk examines the Scientific Advisory Board of the Grain Foods Foundation

2011-09-14T22:00:00.000-06:00

The "Big-Wheat" Empire Strikes Back: Attack Begins on Dr. Davis and Wheat Belly from HEARTHAWK Your Heart Health Eye in the Sky The Grain Foods Foundation, Wheat Foods Council, Go with the Grain, GrainPower, SixServings, you know them by many names but they all have one goal. To fatten you you up with wheat before the slaughter - by your own bagel-laden hand - while making a

Fat Head interviews Dr. William R. Davis

2011-09-12T19:39:00.001-06:00

Interview with ‘Wheat Belly’ Author Dr. William Davis Posted by Tom Naughton in Good Science, News and Reviews You all (or y’all, as we say around these parts) submitted so many good questions for Wheat Belly author Dr. William Davis, we decided to make this a two-part Q & A. We’ll probably have part two ready early next week. Fat Head: You’re a cardiologist by profession, and yet you just

2011-09-12T19:32:00.003-06:00

Bad Science Used To Push Cholesterol-Reducing Drugs By Cholesterol Truth I had a patient in my practice this week who was seeking advice about the prevention of heart disease. He’d been on a statin for several years, and then started to get what he felt might be side-effects. He stopped the statin and the side-effects went away. As he rightly pointed out, the relief from his symptoms

Getting a CT Heart Scan - Dr William R Davis

2011-09-10T09:08:00.003-06:00

Wheat Belly author Dr. William Davis answering questions about getting a CT Heart Scan. Dr. William Davis from http://www.trackyourplaque.com/blog appeared as a guest on Jimmy Moore's "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show" podcast http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/shownotes and answers questions about why he believes the calcium heart scan is an effective means for heart disease prevention, which

Why Statins Do More Harm Than Good - Stephanie Seneff

2011-09-10T06:06:00.000-06:00

Why Statins Do More Harm Than Good by Stephanie Seneff Senior Research Scientist at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Americans have been well trained over the past few decades to avoid dietary fat and cholesterol and to stay out of the sun. Their conscientious implementation of this misguided advice has led to an epidemic in obesity and heart disease, along with a host of

Fat Head's take on The Grain Producers Respond to ‘Wheat Belly’

2011-09-09T08:35:00.002-06:00

Here is part of his article. ===================================== Not surprisingly, the U.S. grain industry isn’t happy with Dr. William Davis and his just-released book Wheat Belly. The Grain Foods Foundation responded to the book with a press release and a blog post explaining why we all need grains to be healthy. Here are some quotes from their blog post. Don’t be fooled by catchy terms

Epic Saturated Fat Experiment

2011-09-07T19:43:00.000-06:00

Read the full article here. ============================== Thursday, August 11, 2011 Epic Saturated Fat Experiment The Effects of 15 days of 100 Grams of Saturated Fat Per Day on Cholesterol Levels in a healthy adult male. By: Bryan Stell: BS West Chester University PA Exercise Science/Nutrition Objective: It is widely believed that saturated fat in the diet

Latest Study: Cholesterol Theory is Still Rubbish - Anthony Colpo

2011-09-07T19:37:00.000-06:00

Latest Study: Cholesterol Theory is Still Rubbish Anthony Colpo | Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 | Comments Off Cholesterol-lowering: Probably the biggest wank in the history of medicine. A soon-to-be published article in the journal Atherosclerosis adds to the vast sum of research contradicting the cholesterol theory of cardiovascular disease. In this study, researchers tracked 82,380

Enjoy Eating Saturated Fats: They're Good for You.

2011-09-05T19:26:00.000-06:00

Enjoy Eating Saturated Fats: They're Good for You. Donald W. Miller, Jr., M.D. Dr. Miller is professor of surgery, cardiothoracic division, Univ. Washington, and writes frequently for http://www.Lewrockwell.com. Watch this nearly 1 hour presentation by Dr Miller. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRe9z32NZHY

An open letter to the Grain Foods Foundation

2011-09-04T15:33:00.002-06:00

An open letter to the Grain Foods Foundation from Heart Scan Blog by Dr. William Davis To: Ms. Ashley Reynolds 490 Bear Cub Drive Ridgway, CO 81432 Phone: 617.226.9927 ashley.reynolds@mullen.com Ms. Reynolds: I am writing in response to the press release from the Grain Foods Foundation that describes your effort to “discredit” the assertions made in my book, Wheat Belly: Lose

Wheat Belly

2011-08-31T10:25:00.001-06:00

Tom Naughton just reviewed the book Wheat Belly by Dr. William R. Davis cardiologist. See that review here. I just received my Kindle e-book copy and will read it soon. I stopped consuming wheat products about two years ago at the recommendation of Dr Davis for the treatment of lipid disorders (it has a dramatic effect on small LDL) )and heart disease. Since I have a history of CAD that has

Enjoy eating saturated fat but preferably from grass-fed animals.

2011-08-30T19:32:00.000-06:00

In an article taken from a talk given by Donald W. Miller, Jr., MD at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness in Albuquerque July 19, 2011, he stated "Enjoy eating saturated fat but preferably from grass-fed animals." Read the full article here.

The information and online tools for health can handily exceed the limited “wisdom” dispensed by John Q. Primary Care doctor.

2011-08-17T12:28:00.001-06:00

Crossposted from Heart Scan Blog==================================================================== How far wrong can cholesterol be? from Heart Scan Blog by Dr. William Davis Conventional thinking is that high LDL cholesterol causes heart disease. In this line of thinking, reducing cholesterol by cutting fat and taking statin drugs thereby reduces or eliminates risk for heart disease.

The most important thing you probably don’t know about cholesterol

2011-08-12T11:32:00.000-06:00

Summary: The simplified view of cholesterol as “good” (HDL) or “bad” (LDL) has contributed to the continuing heart disease epidemic Not all LDL cholesterol is created equal. Only small, dense LDL particles are associated with heart disease, whereas large, buoyant LDL are either benign or may protect against heart disease. Replacing saturated fats with carbohydrates – which has been

Scientists sometimes shift the scientific goalposts

2011-08-12T05:19:00.000-06:00

Dr. John Briffa's latest PostScientists sometimes shift the scientific goalpostsPosted on 10 August 2011