by Jeanne Lenzer
New America Foundation
Jeanne Lenzer is a former Knight Science Journalism Fellow and a frequent contributor to BMJ, and has published works in The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, Discover, The New Republic, and other outlets.
When doctors recommend tests, drugs or surgeries to prevent bad outcomes (think cholesterol-lowering agents to prevent strokes […]
by Dr. Mercola
Statins, drugs that lower your cholesterol levels, are one of the most widely prescribed drugs in the world.
In the US, a staggering one in four over the age of 45 is now taking this unnecessary drug!
Statins act by blocking a crucial enzyme in your liver responsible for making cholesterol.
But that’s not all […]
By Dr. Mercola
Tens of millions of Americans are taking cholesterol-lowering drugs – mostly statins – and some “experts” claim that many millions more should be taking them, including children as young as eight.
I couldn’t disagree more.
Statins are HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, that is, they act by blocking the enzyme in your liver that […]
by Alliance for Natural Health
That seems to be the path a new recommendation is putting us on.
An expert panel appointed by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, is now urging cholesterol screening for all children between ages 9 and 11—before puberty, when cholesterol temporarily dips—and […]
by Dr John Briffa
The Cholesterol Truth
Excerpts:
I am sometimes asked about the ‘benefits’ of statins, and whether these differ for women compared to men or, say, older individuals compared to younger ones. I decided to look for evidence that addresses these questions, and came across an article in the Lancet medical journal which does just that […]
by Dr John Briffa
for The Cholesterol Truth
Excerpts:
When individuals have their cholesterol checked by a doctor, whether the levels are deemed ‘raised’ or not depends on guidelines usually decided by panels of doctors and scientists. One thing I’ve noticed in my time in medicine is that, over the years, what is regarded as the upper limit […]
By Dr. Mercola
Statins are HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, that is, they act by blocking the enzyme in your liver that is responsible for making cholesterol. The fact that statin drugs cause side effects is well established — there are 900 studies proving their adverse effects — but if you or a family […]
by Dr. John Briffa
The Cholesterol Truth
Excerpts:
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 […]
by Stephanie Seneff
1. Introduction
The statin industry has enjoyed a thirty year run of steadily increasing profits, as they find ever more ways to justify expanding the definition of the segment of the population that qualify for statin therapy. Large, placebo-controlled studies have provided evidence that statins can substantially reduce the […]
Dr. John Briffa
for The Cholesterol Truth
Excerpts:
It’s easy to believe that statins have dramatic life-saving properties. The reality is, however, that for the majority of people who take them, they don’t. In the biggest and best review published to date, statins were not found to reduce overall risk of death in individuals with no previous […]
