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Statin Drugs Side Effects

One of my major complaints about medicine and health is that consumers are not making informed choices.  I'm convinced and my experience has shown that many people will choose to adopt a program of dietary excellence and optimal habits if they are shown both efficacy of that plan, as well as...
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Drugs, Treatments, & Supplements, Cardiovascular

Trasylol

Bayer AG recently agreed to take Trasylol off the market after studies showed that it increased death rates in patients.  The drug, which has been approved for use by the FDA since 1993, is used to reduce excessive bleeding before heart surgery.  

The most recent study was...
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Cardiovascular

High Blood Pressure: Overview and Risk Factors

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and other serious disorders. The World Health Organization has identified hypertension as the most important preventable cause of premature death in developed countries. About 65 million people...
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Drugs, Treatments, & Supplements, Cardiovascular

Zetia Safety Issues

Zetia is a popular drug (close to $5 billion in sales for 2007) prescribed for people with elevated cholesterol.  It is often prescribed along with other cholesterol-lowering medications, and is an ingredient, along with Zocor, in Vytorin, another best-selling cholesterol-lowering drug....
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Cardiovascular

Deep Venous Thrombosis: Symptoms and Risk Factors

Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a common medical syndrome that affects 600,000 individuals per year. It is associated with blood clots that form in the extremities. Although it is most often found in the legs, DVT can also occur in the upper extremities, especially in hospitalized patients with...
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Cardiovascular

Heart Failure: Overview and Risk Factors

Heart failure is the inability of the heart to pump enough blood and oxygen to the body's organs. Although it is primarily a disease of elderly persons, it can develop in anyone with a history of hypertension, heart disease, or diabetes, among other disorders, and affects more than 5 million...
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Drugs, Treatments, & Supplements, Cardiovascular

The Statin Drug Deception

Statin drugs are virtually useless for most patients who take them.  So, how did they get approved in the first place and how have doctors been led to believe that they work?

Drugs get approved because the FDA requires very little evidence of efficacy in order to approve a drug, and...
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Cardiovascular

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

What Is High Blood Pressure?

High blood pressure (hypertension) increases the risk of dangerous health problems, such as heart attacks and strokes. Doctors measure blood pressure using two numbers, such as 120/80. The first number shows the surge of pressure in the arteries with every...
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Professional Accreditation, Credentials and Licensure

by T. Colin Campbell, PhD

For almost 50 years, I have designed and directed large research projects in the areas of nutrition and health.  As a result of this experience, I have come to realize that most nutrition and health information is very misleading. It is no coincidence that we now have a health care crisis which is very expensive and which compromises the quality of life for millions of Americans and others living on a Western-style diet. . . READ FULL STATEMENT >>

Dietary intervention for disease reversal, weight loss and general health. Connect with others to get inspired or find out more about reversing disease with diet. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER OR LOG IN.

 

Sometimes the most elegant solution is the most simple. Why plant-based nutrition? Why not? Why develop heart disease? Cancer? Diabetes? The epidemic of chronic, degenerative disease that is sweeping the western world can not only be stopped, it can be reversed. The power lies in the hands of the consumer, in the choices we make about what to put on our plates.