Health News: High-protein myths, Glyphosate ruling, & Dr. Ross’ latest op-ed
The latest in health news: The myths on high protein diets, Glyphosate ruling ignores the science, & Dr. Ross’ latest op-ed on Science 2.0. The post Health News: High-protein myths, Glyphosate...
View ArticleIt’s early but new drug for lowering cholesterol looks promising
But now, an immune-based approach that is completely different from the statin mode of action, may be an alternative way to prevent cardiovascular events. Not by inhibiting the production of...
View ArticleCalifornia’s kids likely to become healthier; and a new LDL drug moves forward
Follow-up on two of our recent, important Dispatch items. California’s Assembly has cleared the next-to-last legislative hurdle toward removing the state’s non-medical exemptions for children’s...
View ArticleMemory-based recall isn’t a solid platform for dietary recommendations
Anyone who has been paying attention recognizes that governmental dietary advice seems to change pretty often. Continue reading → The post Memory-based recall isn’t a solid platform for dietary...
View ArticleNYTimes: reducing time for urgent delivery of care for heart patients
A new series of articles by the NYTimes’ Gina Kolata focuses on improvements in dealing with emergency cardiac events, and indeed the progress has been remarkable. But that’s not the solution to...
View ArticleJAMA study assessing statin guidelines shows they might be too limiting...
In 2013, a combined panel of cardiology and lipid experts under the aegis of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) published revised recommendations for...
View ArticleRestaurant food is often at least as unhealthy as fast food
A new study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that eating at a full-service restaurant is no better for your health than eating at a fast food joint. In fact, in some cases,...
View ArticleGo Nuts Over Walnuts
Walnuts seem to be making their way into the news with increasing frequency lately. A recent study found that walnuts significantly improved diet quality, endothelial functional (lining of the walls of...
View ArticleCDC study reveals that too few Americans are on statins
A new report from the CDC deals with the number of Americans who are candidates for reducing their risk of heart and vascular disease because of elevated LDL levels, and how many are actually taking...
View ArticleNew Dietary Guidelines: The Good, The Bad and The “Meh”
The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans have just been published, and there are some positive moves as well as some of the same-old recommendations that have yet to be shown to be effective. Dietary...
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