All posts tagged with statins
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-(Natural News) Statins are the drug of choice when it comes to heart health, but a growing body of evidence now indicates that these drugs are not the miracle medicines they’ve been made out to be. Recent research has shown that statins actually pose a threat to heart health and are linked to an increase […]
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-(Natural News) If you suffer from high cholesterol, there are a lot of ways you can bring your levels down. For example, you might already know that you can stop eating fried foods, quit smoking, lose some weight, and become more physically active. However, one thing you might not already be doing that can make […]
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-(Natural News) Statins are quickly becoming one of the most controversial drugs on the market. Experts say that there are millions of people being prescribed these hazardous drugs for no reason. Pharmaceutical dogma is so deeply ingrained that many people without heart disease are prescribed statins as a “preventive” measure — even though the side […]
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-(Natural News) What if the drug meant to treat you actually gave you a different, just-as-bad disease? A report published in the medical journal Movement Disorders says this could be the case with statins, linking the use of the drugs to an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. Statins are a class of drugs prescribed to […]
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-(Natural News) A recent study published in the journal Age and Aging has revealed that seniors and pensioners across the U.K. are being overly medicated for various diseases, making them an instant target among big pharmaceutical companies. A team of researchers at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health pooled data from more than 15,000 older people in […]
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-(Natural News) Get your pens out, ladies and gents — we’re describing the three most common prescription drugs that increase the likelihood of memory loss. Memory loss, which is often interpreted as one of the early signs of Alzheimer’s, can actually be a side effect of standard prescription drugs. Worse, most people remain unaware of […]
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-(Natural News) The results of a water test in South Africa revealed the last things that a person would want in their tap water. Researchers from the University of South Africa (Unisa) found heroin, cocaine, and traces of other drugs in wastewater collected from a provincial treatment plant in Gauteng. The team presented their findings […]
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-(Natural News) Sometimes the sum is greater than its parts, and scientists have found this to be the case when it comes to the cholesterol-lowering effects of pomegranate and inulin. Both have been found to lower cholesterol individually, but when taken together, they become a force to be reckoned with. Researchers already knew from animal […]
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-(Natural News) One out of every three American adults take statins, and if you think that sounds like good news for statin manufacturers, you’re missing the bigger picture. All of Big Pharma benefits when people take statins. In fact, statins can really be thought of as gateway drugs. After all, they have so many side […]
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-(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 […]
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