Tag: Cholesterol

A Doubling of Statin Drug Takers?

Richard C. Young - November 14, 2013

A big new statin drug study from American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology is causing controversy for many good reasons. The study...

A Death Sentence or Salvation? Sweden Knows

Richard C. Young - October 30, 2013

Here you get the simple answer. Nancy Chute at NPR explains. Researchers in Sweden measured the health of almost 4,000 60-year-olds in the late 1990s. A...

The Italian Miracle

Richard C. Young - April 12, 2013

The Italian Miracle: Virtually No Heart Disease or Diabetes and Residents Often Live Into Their 90s. I recently came across this intriguing story of an...

At Risk: Your Family’s Health and Welfare?

Richard C. Young - April 30, 2012

Day in and day out, we are inundated with one health myth after another. In the past, I have written about what I believe...

Your Life-Threatening High Cholesterol Level!

Richard C. Young - December 30, 2010

A high cholesterol level is often singled out as the number one health hazard. We all know about the enormous fortunes that drug companies...

Egregiously Wrong Info on Eggs

Richard C. Young - June 2, 2010

Many people believe that animal fats and cholesterol cause heart disease, and eggs get an especially bad rap as cholesterol heavyweights. The truth is...

What Cholesterol Doesn’t Cause

Richard C. Young - December 31, 2009

“A recent study, published in the American Journal of Cardiology, 2003, found that patients who successfully lowered their cholesterol levels did not reduce plaque...

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