Health Care

Statins increase cardiovascular disease.

"Most recently, two separate studies have concluded that progression of coronary artery calcification, which is the hallmark of potentially lethal heart disease, is INCREASED with statin drug use.
A new study in the journal Atherosclerosis¹ shows that statin use is associated with a 52 percent increased prevalence and extent of calcified coronary plaque compared to non-users. None of the participants in the study – 6,673 in all – had any known coronary artery disease at the time of undergoing coronary CT angiography (CCTA) – a non-invasive method that allows you to see coronary atherosclerotic features, including plaque composition.
Arterial plaque is a hallmark of cardiovascular disease and increases your risk of all-cause mortality, so clearly, anything that increases calcification and stiffening of your arteries is wisely avoided. And statins seem to fall into this category."

This makes perfect sense. Statins don't cure anything. They mask symptoms. When you mask the symptoms of a disease, it makes sense the disease would accelerate.

Cancer detecting bra. Detecting tumors up to six years sooner sounds unbelievable. It sounds scary. That would mean that women are walking around with breast cancer for six years before they discover it, and I find that hard to believe. This sounds more like detecting false positives.

Two more drugs implicated in government's meningitis outbreak.