on Mar 14th, 2006Statin Drugs High Stick the Arteries, Cross Check Heart Disease
When you think of the heart, the first thing that comes to mind is probably not heart disease, and yet the modern life has made this condition a priority that can’t be ignored. Once diagnosed with heart trouble, it’s not going to do you much good to swear at that donut sitting on your morning plate.
Taking statin drugs, though, just might do the trick. They don’t come with cute names like Lucky Charms or Cocoa Puffs, but who cares, when the arteries need a good cleansing, wouldn’t you prefer a name like Peter Rooter coming off the hockey bench to smack around your bad cholesterol?
People with heart disease may be able to reverse their condition by taking higher doses of powerful cholesterol-lowering drugs, research suggests.
Doctors have known for some time that statin drugs, which are used to counter cholesterol, can check the progress of heart disease, but for the first time a significant number of patients have effectively had the clock turned back on the progression of coronary heart disease.
Anti-cholesterol drug dubbed the ‘holy grail’ in heart disease study
Sam Jones and Nils Pratley
Tuesday March 14, 2006
The Guardian
A French commercial that explains what really kills the heart: speaking English!