The latest "Statins Beat Heart Attack" headlines would be wryly funny if they weren’t so tragic.
Short sighted journalists are fooled by profit-hungry drug companies who, as often seems to be the case, are driving partisan research chemists.
"Statins Reduce Heart Attacks"
This is not news, and it is not even surprising. Anything which reduces general inflammation [...]
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Statins - Don’t Be Fooled By The Research
November 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Drugs, Heart disease, statins
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Statins & Alzheimers - Right For Wrong Reason
July 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Aging, C-reactive protein, inflammation, longevity, statins
There is news currently about how statin drugs are associated with lower levels of Alzheimer’s disease.
This is not surprising - because statins lower inflammation; and there is a link between Alzheimer’s disease and low-level inflammation.
However, the solution to low-level inflammation is NOT to take statin drugs. Just as the answer to cholesterol [...]
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