Do Statins Make It Tough to Exercise?: More Statin Problems
To be tossed into the “First Do No Harm” file. I don’t know what to make of the rat study, but it still amazes me...
Coronary Stents: No advantage found
To file in the “First, Do No Harm” file. Or the “Follow the Money” file. You decide. I’ve discussed some of the hesitations about coronary...
Statins good for you? Think again. FDA issues warning
Long overdue. People have been complaining about the statins for years, finally the FDA takes action. Good for them. I discussed the irrational boosterism about...
More Air Pollution Data: The Tiny Particles
Just a quick post and link to yet another article on air pollution. Please click on the title to read the whole article. Is it...
The Puzzling Rise in Type I Diabetes
From Scientific American February 2012“A Diabetes Cliff Hanger” Researchers are balled by the worldwide increase in type 1 diabetes, the less common form of the...
The Heavy Health Toll of Air Pollution: Recent studies
Not that we needed any more evidence of the negative effects of pollution, but three studies this week found that higher levels of air pollution...
Focus on the Cause AND the Cure
The latest dust up with the Komen foundation exposed the rank partisanship in the organization. But I hope that it will also expose the bias...
Erectile Dysfunction and Anti-inflammatories
To be filed in the “I Did Not Know That” file. From last year, but unknown to me. Men taking Anti-Inflammatory Drugs more likely to...