The Dangers of Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs

Statins make you sicker, says David Brownstein, MD. Sometimes, much sicker.

The FDA added two new warnings to statin drugs this week. These warnings include an increased risk of diabetes and mental confusion among statin users. The FDA report said that all statin labeling must carry warnings about increased risk of elevated blood sugar and transient memory loss and cognitive problems. Read more

Statins: A Prescription for Memory Loss and Depression?

Before you take statins to lower your cholesterol, you should weight the risks versus the benefits, according to a new study.

Cholesterol-lowering pills taken by millions of Britons may cause memory loss and depression, researchers warn.

They say not enough is known about the level of harm posed by statins, prescribed to prevent heart disease and strokes.

Leading doctors say that the drugs should only be taken by patients for whom the benefits of the drug outweigh any potential risks. Read more

The Man Who Cured Heart Disease Naturally

Bill Sardi reviews the work of a man who cured heart disease with a natural molecule 20 years before cholesterol drugs!

His name: Dr. Lester Morrison.

His qualifications: Director and Research Professor, Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research, Loma Linda University, School of Medicine

Author: Coronary Heart Disease and the Mucopolysaccharides (1974, Charles C. Thomas)

In 1982 Dr. Morrison wrote: "I am Lester Morrison MD, and I have been a doctor for over 50 years. Much of that time has been devoted to finding a way to stop heart disease, which killed my mother, my father and several other members of my family and remains the number one killer in the U.S. and other developed countries."

Dr. Morrison provided compelling evidence in the 1960s that heart and blood vessel disease could be reversed and prevented with natural molecules, particularly chondroitin sulfate. This was over 20 years prior to the advent of the first cholesterol-reducing statin drug, Mevacor (1987). Read more