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Ending the Cholesterol-Heart Disease Myth

4/8/2008 - (NaturalNews) Why has there never been a record of cholesterol having blocked a vein in the body! What is it about arteries that makes cholesterol attach itself to their walls, while leaving the veins alone? It is really the sticky nature of cholesterol...

Have You Seen Those Misleading Lipitor Ads?

3/27/2008 - (NaturalNews) I’m sure you’ve seen the ads. Dr. Robert Jarvik, best known for the artificial heart he pioneered more than 25 years ago, is rowing a one-man racing shell across a mountain lake, looking like the picture of health. “When diet and exercise...

Drug-Coated Stents Boost Death Rate by Over 400% in Heart Attack Patients

2/28/2008 - (NaturalNews) Drug-coated stents increased the risk of death in certain heart attack patients by nearly five times according to a recent study presented at the meeting of the European Society of Cardiology in Vienna. "Patients are now very wary about...

Oral Contraceptives Blamed for Stroke and Heart Attack Risk

2/22/2008 - (NaturalNews) A recent study of nearly 1500 Belgian women aged 35 to 55 found that those women taking oral contraceptives (birth control pills) had a nearly 30 percent increased chance of forming dangerous plaque in their arteries. Synthetic forms of...

FDA Collaboration with Big Pharma Raises Eyebrows

1/17/2008 - (NaturalNews) The Andrew von Eschenbach FDA era is upon us. The Avandia scandal is the tip of the iceberg. Is anyone ready? The words “illicit financial collusion” have been replaced by the politically correct term, “collaboration.” On May 30, in defense...

The Cause of Heart Disease: High Cholesterol or Excess Calcium?

12/17/2007 - (NaturalNews) The cholesterol controversy has been waged now for over five decades. Volumes of books, articles, and journals have been written on the subject of the role cholesterol and diet plays in the arterial disease process. Since the 1950’s the...

Whole-grain breakfast cereal slashes heart attack risk by 22 percent

3/25/2007 - (ConsumerWellness.org) According to a 25-year study of the health and eating habits of more than 10,000 doctors, those who ate whole-grain cereals for breakfast had a significantly lower chance of developing heart failure than those who did not eat such...

Statin drugs expose patients to dangerous, debilitating side effects

1/8/2007 - Millions of Americans take statin drugs to help lower their cholesterol, making it one of the most popular classes of prescription drugs on the market today, but like most prescription medications, these drugs are often unnecessary, as most Americans...

Pfizer seeks FDA approval to prescribe Celebrex to toddlers as young as 2

12/1/2006 - (NaturalNews) Drug giant Pfizer Inc. is set to meet this Wednesday with a panel of advisors from the Food and Drug Administration to review the company's request to expand the use of its painkiller Celebrex -- which has been linked to serious heart risks...

Painkillers—New and Old—Increase the Risk for Heart Attack (press release)

11/16/2006 - Cardiovascular side effects aren’t limited to the use of the newer painkillers called COX-2 inhibitors—a category that includes Celebrex and the recently discontinued Vioxx and Bextra. Old standbys, like ibuprofen and aspirin, aren’t entirely blameless,...

Angioplasty useless for most heart attack patients, study finds

11/15/2006 - (NaturalNews) Patients who undergo artery-opening angioplasties only benefit from the procedure if it is performed immediately after a heart attack, according to a new international study by researchers from the New York University School of Medicine. Angioplasties...

Common painkillers linked to heart attack and stroke, research finds

10/25/2006 - (NaturalNews) Britain's Commission on Human Medicines is warning UK doctors that daily high doses of common painkillers such as ibuprofen may increase patients' risk of stroke and heart attack. The British Medical Journal published research in June...

Psoriasis correlated with heightened heart attack risk

10/12/2006 - (NaturalNews) The skin disorder psoriasis is not only painful and hard to treat, but a new study suggests that psoriasis may be an independent risk factor for heart attack, particularly in young individuals with severe psoriasis. But not just young...

Heart risks from Vioxx happen much earlier than believed, says Queen’s researcher (press release)

8/23/2006 - A new study led by Queen's University researcher Linda Lévesque shows that heart attacks related to the use of Vioxx - a drug once popular for the treatment of pain and inflammation - can occur within the first two weeks of use. This study is the...

Heart Attack, Osteoporosis Linked in Men Over 50 (press release)

8/22/2006 - Men who have survived a heart attack are at increased risk of bone loss and osteoporosis in later life, says Tulane University researcher Jeanette H. Magnus. “We have long known that heart disease and osteoporosis have similar risk factors, but this...

Interview with Dr. Dennis Goodman on how to naturally lower LDL cholesterol and raise HDL cholesterol

8/21/2006 - Mike: Welcome everyone. This is Mike Adams, the Health Ranger. Dennis Goodman, M.D., joins me today. He's the former Chief of Cardiology at Scripps Memorial Hospital in Lajolla, Calif., and one of the formulators of this outstanding formula called the...

NSAIDs Pose Death Risk for Heart-Attack Patients (press release)

8/18/2006 - People who have survived a first heart attack have a higher risk of dying or having a second heart attack if they are taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including the newer class called cox-2 inhibitors. The research detailing...

Jury finds Merck negligent in Vioxx trial, awards $50 million to retired FBI agent

8/17/2006 - (NaturalNews) A New Orleans jury deciding a case brought against Vioxx maker Merck & Co. by a heart attack victim says the pharmaceutical firm should pay the plaintiff $50 million in compensatory damages. Gerald Barnett, a 62-year-old retired FBI agent,...

Drinking coffee found to trigger heart attacks

8/16/2006 - (NaturalNews) Recent research appearing in the September issue of the journal Epidemiology shows that drinking coffee may trigger a heart attack, with the highest risk posed to light coffee drinkers. A team of researchers from Brown University School...

High Blood Sugar Can Be Deadly After Heart Attack (press release)

8/8/2006 - Stroke and heart attack patients who are hospitalized in the ICU must keep their blood sugar under tight control, a new U.S. study concludes. The study of 216,000 ICU patients found high blood sugar linked to an increase in death risk among certain...

Half of Americans will have pre-diabetic condition (press release)

8/7/2006 - Half of all Americans will develop a condition known as insulin resistance, a type of "pre-diabetes" that puts them at high risk of heart attacks, according to a meeting study reported this week. Another showed that high blood sugar alone made hospital...

Merck litigation strategy - destroy expert witnesses

7/17/2006 - Former Vioxx users could be at risk of developing strokes for years, a prominent scientist said this week after evaluating new data from a 107-page report on patients who were followed for a year after they stopped the drug "It may be that Vioxx is...

New England Journal of Medicine accuses Merck of deleting important Vioxx information from study

2/15/2006 - As if things weren't bad enough for pharmaceutical giant Merck and Co., the picture just got a little grimmer. Already facing tremendous heat and a long line of lawsuits over Vioxx -- its arthritis medication that was pulled off the market in September...

Folic acid deficiencies are widespread; here's why nearly everyone needs more folate

12/29/2005 - Pregnant women plagued by cravings for pickles and ice cream must remember to include plenty of folic acid in their diets. Shown to reduce the risk of miscarriage and birth defects, folic acid – found primarily in leafy green vegetables – is an absolute...

Interview with Dr. Decker Weiss about Earth's Promise nutritional powders from Enzymatic Therapy

12/12/2005 - Mike: We're here today with Dr. Decker Weiss, a naturopath who also serves on the scientific advisory board for Enzymatic Therapy. Today we're talking about the Earth's Promise product line. So, thanks for taking some time to sit down and chat. Dr....

The FDA Exposed: An Interview With Dr. David Graham, the Vioxx Whistleblower

8/30/2005 - The following interview with Dr. David Graham (senior drug safety researcher at the FDA) was conducted by Manette Loudon, the lead investigator for Dr. Gary Null. This interview contains jaw-dropping insights about the corruption and crimes that take...

Leaked documents show Merck knew of Vioxx dangers, yet hid them for years

8/6/2005 - "What are the long-term benefits of your being able to bring value to the relationship with our customers?" Merck asked sales trainees in a PowerPoint slide captioned "The Payoff." "Bonus," appeared on the next slide, showing a sales representative holding...

Lutein boosts eye health, preventing cataracts and macular degeneration

7/30/2005 - Fruits and vegetables have yet another disease-fighting weapon to offer you: Lutein. Studies show this carotenoid prevents and, to some extent, reverses vision loss, immune system problems, cancer and cardiovascular disease. With that in mind, load up...

Merck caught in scandal to bury Vioxx heart attack risks, intimidate scientists and keep pushing dangerous drugs; Vioxx lawsuits now forming

11/6/2004 - The truth has finally come out about Vioxx: insider emails published by the Wall Street Journal reveal that Merck, the maker of Vioxx, was fully aware of the health risks of its COX-2 inhibitor anti-inflammatory drug as early as March, 2000. As is apparent...

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