In the U.S. alone, 40 million adults take statin cholesterol-lowering medications in the mistaken belief that this will reduce their risk of heart disease.1 But lowering your cholesterol is not the panacea to heart health that you’ve been led to believe. On “The Joe Rogan Experience,” Dr. Aseem Malhotra, an interventional cardiologist consultant from the… Read More »
This article was previously published December 8, 2021, and has been updated with new information. The lecturer in the featured video, Maryanne Demasi, Ph.D., produced the 2014 Australian Catalyst documentary, “Heart of the Matter: Dietary Villains,” which exposed the cholesterol/saturated fat myths behind the statin fad and the financial links which lurk underneath. The documentary… Read More »
The risks of any statin side effects also have to be balanced against the benefits of preventing serious problems. A review of scientific studies into the effectiveness of statins found around one in every 50 people who take the medicine for five years will avoid a serious event, such as a heart attack or stroke,… Read More »
Rhabdomyolysis can lead to liver damage, kidney failure and death. The muscle-wasting condition flags three crucial warning signs that require medical attention. What are they? One of the “most common” signs of rhabdomyolysis includes “severe muscle aching throughout the entire body”, certified the Mayo Clinic. The other two symptoms are “muscle weakness” and “dark or… Read More »
Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs don’t just lower the risk of heart attacks. They may also help some cancer patients live longer. Researchers writing in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology tracked adherence to statins in more than 38,000 Australian women with newly diagnosed breast cancer, colorectal cancer or melanoma, three commonly diagnosed cancers. Average adherence to… Read More »
May 16, 2019 Posted By Categories Gary Schwitzer is the founder and publisher of HealthNewsReview.org. He longs for a day when he doesn’t feel compelled to write about miscommunicated observational research any more. Let me count the ways in which I am moved to write about another unwell piece in the New York Times Well… Read More »