Great Britain, like the United States, is finding that the Big Pharma paradigm of health leaves plenty of injured victims in the wake of its path. They report over 1,000,000 injuries requiring emergency room treatment at the cost of 2 billion pounds (or about 4 billion U.S. dollars). Janet Woodcock of the FDA has stated “1.3 million people are...

Resveratrol protects against common damage to arteries that leads to atherosclerosis and cardiovascular deterioration.

In an unprecedented change of posture the New England Journal of Medicine has reversed itself on the issue of whether Vytorin causes cancer. In the initial release of data back in July NEJM stood by Merck and Schering-Plough, who hired an Oxford consultant to rule that a 50% statistically significant increased risk of cancer was by chance. I pointed out...

The often-prescribed diabetic medications Avandia and Actos have now been proven to cause an increase risk in fractures in postmenopausal women. In men if these drugs are combined with a potassium-robbing diuretic, then the fracture risk is also increased. The FDA is currently considering whether to remove Avandia from the market because it causes heart...

Healthy veins are essential to cardiovascular health; millions of Americans suffer from chronic venous insufficiency or have early warning signs of vein problems.

A diet of lean protein and low fat dairy, along with vegetables and fruit, was able to stop bone loss during weight loss – something that our government's food pyramid guidelines could not do. Study participants consume 30% of their calories from protein, while the food pyramid recommends only 10% of calories from protein.

Novel tocotrienols of rice bran suppress cholesterogenesis in hereditary hypercholesterolemic swine.

A study of the comparative effects of hawthorn fruit compound and simvastatin on lowering blood lipid levels.

Studies of LDL oxidation following alpha-, gamma-, or delta-tocotrienyl acetate supplementation of hypercholesterolemic humans.

Nobiletin Attenuates VLDL Overproduction, Dyslipidemia, and Atherosclerosis in Mice With Diet-Induced Insulin Resistance.

Effect of a palm-oil-vitamin E concentrate on the serum and lipoprotein lipids in humans.

Effect of cranberry extracts on lipid profiles in subjects with Type 2 diabetes.