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11/06/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Apple extracts increase the excretion of cholesterol by an impressive 35% in healthy people

If you suffer from high cholesterol, there are a lot of ways you can bring your levels down. For example, you might already know that you can stop eating fried foods, quit smoking, lose some weight, and become more physically active. However, one thing you might not already be doing that can make a surprisingly […]

08/21/2018 / By RJ Jhonson

Risk of Parkinson’s disease increases with statin drug use

What if the drug meant to treat you actually gave you a different, just-as-bad disease? A report published in the medical journal Movement Disorders says this could be the case with statins, linking the use of the drugs to an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. Statins are a class of drugs prescribed to prevent heart […]

06/27/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

Sixty percent of the public and 80 percent of doctors think drug companies are LYING about health claims from medical trials

Drug companies don’t want to hear the latest results of a survey conducted by the Academy of Medical Sciences. The survey found that 63 percent of the general public and 82 percent of general practitioners are now skeptical of claims made by drug trials. More people now trust a friend’s advice on medicine, while only […]

06/25/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Cholesterol-lowering drugs may accelerate onset of Parkinson’s disease, according to researchers

Statins are a type of cholesterol-lowering drug typically prescribed to patients at risk of cardiovascular disease. Although they may provide relief from heart conditions, the same can’t be said of their effects on the brain. A recent study by researchers from the Penn State College of Medicine has presented a troubling fact about these drugs: […]

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