The Art of the Curb Side Consult by Jeffrey Dach MD In our neighborhood, we take the garbage cans out to the curb twice a week for the garbage pickup. Although we grumble about the extra work, it’s a good … Continue reading
Getting Off Statin Drug Stories by Jeffrey Dach MD. Martha is 55 years old, healthy and no history of heart disease. Nonetheless, Martha has been taking a statin drug for “high cholesterol” under the care of “the top cardiologist”. … Continue reading
Cholesterol Lowering Statin Drugs for Women Just Say No by Jeffrey Dach MD. Judith Walsh MD reviewed 20 years of statin drug data in JAMA in 2004. She concludes that Cholesterol lowering with statin drugs does not reduce total mortality … Continue reading
Healthy Men Should Not Take Statins by Jeffrey Dach MD. This bombshell article by Rita Redberg, MD, appeared in April 2012 JAMA advising healthy men with high cholesterol to stay away from statin anti-cholesterol drugs, pointing out there is no … Continue reading
Does High Cholesterol Cause Heart Disease ? by Jeffrey Dach MD We live in a society which has an obsession with cholesterol levels. The reality is that our cholesterol level correlates very poorly (if at all) with risk for heart … Continue reading
Reversing Heart Disease without Drugs. Heart Disease is today’s number one killer in America and is the reason why 16 million Americans are taking a Statin anti-cholesterol drug. This article explains what causes heart disease… Read More Last updated on … Continue reading
Atherosclerosis and Heart Disease: How Does it Happen? by Jeffrey Dach, MD. Atherosclerotic plaque formation is a series of events. The very first event is the deposition of lipoproteins called the Fatty Streak which eventually becomes the lipid core of the … Continue reading
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