health risks and benefits of statin drugs

health risks and benefits of statin drugs

I don’t mean to pick on statins. There’s just so much about them in the news right now. A colleague pointed me to an excellent website that puts findings about prescription drugs into perspective. And I think it’s important information to share. Most...
statins raise heart-disease risks

statins raise heart-disease risks

How’s this for a catch 22: Statin drugs are prescribed to lower cholesterol levels in the body in an effort to reduce risks from heart disease, but end up raising risks for the very condition they’re intended to prevent. New research finds the drugs speed...
garlic lowers lung-cancer risk

garlic lowers lung-cancer risk

Garlic fights cancer, part… what number are we up to now? This summer, I got a note from one of my writer friends. A new study on garlic and lung cancer was out, would I be willing to comment for her article?  She was reporting on a Chinese study that...