High Cholesterol

When to Wait and See   You’ve read about the statin cholesterol drugs. Today I want to warn you of a related threat. A “safer” cholesterol drug, Zetia, has hit the scene. It has rapidly moved onto the list of top-selling drugs. Doctors wrote more than 4.2 million prescriptions for

A New Drain on Your Brain Health Alert #263 If your cholesterol has ever topped 200, your doctor probably whipped out his prescription pad and wrote you one for a statin drug. You may have felt you had to follow his advice. You don’t want a heart attack. But what

Everything about Cholesterol – Wrong? Health Alert #239 Last time you read about five drugs that are coming under fire because of safety issues. One of those five is a statin drug called Crestor. Statin drugs have been linked to fatigue, kidney failure, muscle breakdown, and death. Yet they are

The Next FDA Earthquake Health Alert #238 Looks like the Vioxx disaster was only the first tremor in a major quake rumbling through the FDA. Now five more drugs are under fire over safety issues. Dr. David Graham, an FDA researcher, recently testified against the FDA in a Senate Finance

Statins In The Water Supply? Health Alert #227 You’ve heard me talk about it before. You know the story about doctors and their new miracle cure – statin drugs. They think these drugs help everyone from diabetics to perfectly healthy folks beat heart disease. You may have even heard your

Dangerous Secret behind Cholesterol “Goals” Health Alert #223 The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) sounds like a good thing. They want your LDL cholesterol at 100 or lower – or they want you on drugs. But wait until you find out who’s setting these guidelines. Before you rush to join

How Low Will They Go? Health Alert #217   Most doctors will tell you that the best way to lower cholesterol is to lower your LDL, or “bad” cholesterol. They suggest that you do that by taking statin drugs, such as Lipitor or Zocor. Every year the recommended LDL is

200 Times More Powerful than Vitamin E Health Alert #175 Would you like an aide in weight loss that can also strengthen your bones and help prevent cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and heart disease? And it’s available at your local grocer for pennies. I’m talking about the ancient herbal drink, green