All posts tagged with statin

(Natural News) “We’re not trained in prevention,” warned cardiologist and author of The Paleo Cardiologist: The Natural Way to Heart Health, Dr. Jack Wolfson, DO, FACC in a recent interview with NaturalNews editor, Mike Adams. “They never teach [cardiologists about preventive measures for heart health such as good nutrition and exercise]. And that’s why [conventional […]

(Natural News) Diabetes is one of the most common types of non-communicable diseases that kills millions of people yearly. Recent studies show that taking statins, or drugs that lower blood cholesterol, have a 30 percent chance in increasing the risk of developing type-2 diabetes. Medical personnel have always known of the side effects of these […]

(Natural News) Statins are being prescribed to and misused by patients who are otherwise at low risk of developing heart disease, according to a study carried out by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the United Kingdom. This indicates that the drugs are being given to people who do not need them, and not […]

(Natural News) A cardiologist from the Cleveland Clinic has published a scathing op-ed in MedPage Today that chastises people who use the internet for supposedly driving heart patients away from taking statin drugs. According to Steven Nissen, a “deadly, internet-driven cult” is the reason why statin usage is dropping, and he says that he’s upset […]