Aside from demonstrating that statins provide no benefit to most people, this study also demonstrates that the so-called gold standard, randomized double blinded placebo controlled, study is a farce.
There’s serious confusion about cholesterol; whether high cholesterol levels are responsible for heart disease, and whether statins are really the appropriate solution to reduce heart disease risk.
Cholesterol-lowering medications do not significantly decrease your risk of atherosclerosis, heart attacks or strokes. Conventional medicine has been hijacked to believe that poisoning the enzyme that makes cholesterol lowers the risk for heart disease.
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute will soon be updating their recommendations for “healthy” cholesterol numbers. Will there be any significant changes to their cholesterol guidelines?
The research against cholesterol-lowering statin drugs continues to mount, as does the evidence that lowering ones cholesterol via medication has serious side effects, such as Alzheimer’s disease.
Twenty years ago, doctors told us to stay away from high-fat foods like eggs, bacon, and butter because they raised cholesterol and could lead to heart disease. But today, that is all changing.
It’s time for the cholesterol myths to be laid to rest. Learn the truth about how cholesterol works in your body, and you’ll realize it’s not an enemy to your health, but instead plays an essential role in keeping your body functioning optimally.
Researchers found that people taking statin drugs had lower levels of CoQ10, which is critical to heart health. They also found that those taking statins had "reduced insulin sensitivity", which leads to type 2 diabetes.
There is a growing awareness that the unintended, adverse health effects of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs far outweigh their purported benefits.
There's some serious confusion about cholesterol, and whether high cholesterol levels are responsible for heart disease.
Long criticized wrongly as something evil, a new study just published from the University of Illinois at Chicago shows how important cholesterol is in regulating proteins in cells.
New research flies in the face of a new theory that statin drugs may be of value in those suffering from osteoarthritis, while they actually are likely contributing to the epidemic of knee osteoarthritis in patients.
Have the nerve-damaging properties of statin drugs now been confirmed? There are over 300 adverse health effects associated with the use of statins.
Another cholesterol-lowering drug is in the pipeline. This new drug was approved by the FDA despite concern about its safety and effectiveness.
‘Heart failure’ is a term used by doctors to describe a state where the heart muscle has become quite ineffective at pumping blood around the body. This problem can manifest in a variety of ways.
A new study published in the journal Atherosclerosis found that statin use is associated with a 52% increased prevalence and extent of coronary artery plaques possessing calcium.
We have been led to believe that cholesterol is a major cause of heart disease. A numbers of doctors and researchers have been challenging this hypothesis for decades.
We have all been taught that LDL cholesterol is bad, but new research shows that it might not be as harmful as we believe.
While some doctors and researchers seem keen to downplay the potential hazards of statins, their use is linked with a range of unwanted effects including muscle weakness, muscle pain, liver damage and kidney damage.
Newly published research reveals that more frequent statin drug use is associated with accelerated coronary artery and aortic artery calcification.
