ARE STATINS USEFUL TO THE ELDERLY

Letter to Archives of Internal Medicine, submitted on July 20, 2002 Exaggerated benefit of statin treatment in the elderly? by Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD (corresponding author), Magle Stora Kyrkogata 9, S-22350 Lund, Sweden. Tel/fax +46 46145022 (call before faxing) ,...

ARE STATIN DRUGS USEFUL TO THE ELDERLY?

Letter to Archives of Internal Medicine, submitted on July 20, 2002Exaggerated benefit of statin treatment in the elderly? by Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD (corresponding author), Magle Stora Kyrkogata 9, S-22350 Lund, Sweden. Tel/fax +46 46145022 (call before faxing) ,...

HIGH FIBRINOGEN BAD FOR HEART

Elevated levels of fibrinogen, a protein synthesized by the liver which is necessary for normal blood clotting, increases the risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and may be the mechanism by which many recognized cardiac risk factors cause disease. Researchers...

LIPOPROTEIN(a) INCREASES HEART DISEASE RISK

Illustrating what Dr. Pauling has maintained for years, new research has shown that people with high levels of Lipoprotein(a) or Lp(a), have a much higher risk of heart disease. Analyzing the findings from 27 studies, British researchers found that those patients with...

TRANS FATS WORSE THAN SATURATED FATS

Trans Fat Much Worse for You Than Saturated FatThis study measured the effect of trans fat, found in fried foods and processed foods such as cookies, crackers and pastries, and of saturated fat, found in meat, butter and some dairy products, on blood vessel function...

STATIN DRUGS CAUSING HEART DISEASE

STATIN-INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY July 8, 2002By Peter H. Langsjoen, MDThe medical profession has, after more than 30 years of excellent propaganda, successfully created the wholly iatrogenic – “pseudo-disease” dubbed “hypercholesterolemia”...