Tag: statins

“High Cholesterol Is a Fake Disease”

Richard C. Young - January 15, 2026

"High cholesterol is a fake disease," writes Shane Ellison in Over the Counter Natural Cures. He continues: It was invested so that drug companies could...

Are Statins Benefits Overstated?

Richard C. Young - September 4, 2025

At GreenMedInfo, Sayer Ji discusses statins and whether or not their benefits are overstated. He writes: To understand how statin benefits have been grossly inflated,...

Blood Pressure: Uncommon Knowledge

Richard C. Young - August 1, 2024

A writer known as A Midwestern Doctor has put forth some uncommon knowledge on blood pressure on his Substack The Forgotten Side of Medicine....

Statins May Halve Heart-Attack Risk

Richard C. Young - March 28, 2023

UPDATE 3.28.23: Beware the marketing of cholesterol-fighting drugs. A new cholesterol-fighting drug, bempedoic, branded Nexletol, is using a similar marketing strategy as statins. Here...

Statin Drugs/NNT Alert

Richard C. Young - July 19, 2022

UPDATE July 19, 2022: In the UK Express, Solen Le Net highlights some of the undesirable side effects of statin drugs, writing: High cholesterol contributes...

Your Odds with Statins: 500 to 1?

Richard C. Young - March 9, 2018

Originally posted October 5, 2011. If you are considering a drug such as a statin, do you and your family know about the “number needed...

Do Your Own Research on Statins

Richard C. Young - October 18, 2017

Originally posted October 20, 2010. In the informative BusinessWeek article “Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good?,” from January 28, 2008, a sidebar heading reads: “In...

Are Statin Drugs Like Crestor and Lipitor for You?

Richard C. Young - December 1, 2016

Originally posted November 26, 2012. The Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education recently released a 20-page report entitled Physician’s Guide to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. The...

Harvard Biostatistician Attacks New Statin Drug Guidelines

Richard C. Young - November 19, 2013

After the shocking change in guidelines for statin use issued by the American Heart Association last week, experts like Dr. Paul Ridker and Dr....

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...

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