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• August 9, 2012
  Diet Versus Drugs for High Cholesterol

  Though official recommendations are to first treat high cholesterol with dietary change, many physicians jump right to cholesterol-lowering medications such as statins that can have an array of..
• January 16, 2012
  Power Plants

  Many of the most powerful drugs in modern medicine's arsenal came from natural products, from penicillin to the chemotherapy agents Taxol® and vincristine.
• December 23, 2011
  Trans Fat, Saturated Fat, and Cholesterol: Tolerable Upper Intake of Zero

  The intake of trans fats which come mostly from junk food and animal products, saturated fat mostly from dairy products and chicken, and cholesterol coming mostly from eggs and chicken should be as..
• December 22, 2011
  Fast Food: Do You Want Fries With That? Lipitor?

  Cardiologists suggest that cholesterol-lowering statin drugs be given out free with fast food meals
• December 21, 2011
  Heart Attacks and Cholesterol: Purely a Question of Diet

  To achieve the cholesterol level necessary to prevent heart attacks, most must take cholesterol-lowering drugs or eat a plant-based diet.
• June 1, 2011
  Convergence of Evidence

  Profile of an editorial published by Dr. Dean Ornish in the American Journal of Cardiology describing the optimal diet and how simple choices can be as powerful as drugs and surgery.
• March 29, 2011
  Statin Muscle Toxicity

  Video updated 3/5/2012 to reflect new FDA warning labels citing risks of confusion, memory loss, new onset diabetes and muscle injury. Even people who don't experience pain or weakness on..
• March 27, 2011
  New Cholesterol Fighters

  Eight products put to the cholesterol-lowering test.