Another bogus report that essentially acts like free advertising for
the major drug companies, driving fearful patients into doctor's
offices to ask for a drug.

I have been on zocor now for 4 or 5 months....Just recently I have
experienced hip pain which radiates to my right leg...It is worse on
standing.
Is there any possibility that this pain is caused by the Zocor?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - High blood cholesterol can make prostate tumors
grow faster, researchers said on Thursday in another study linking high-
fat diets with prostate cancer.
The tests in mice did not suggest that high cholesterol actually causes

I am very concerned about my father who just went to his physician and
came back with a cholesterol reading of 477. He doesn't exercise much
but eats three square meals a day and hardly snacks. His breakfast
consists of about two cups of oatmeal with soymilk, and lunch and

N Engl J Med 2005;352.
Full text available at:
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/NEJMoa050461v1.pdf
"No significant increase in adverse events of any type was

There's more to nutrition and a healthy heart than losing weight. Is it
possible to have terrible nutrition lose weight and lower your blood
pressure?
Read this article to find out:

I recently ( Feb 21 ) had a Medtronic EnPulse E2DR01 pacemaker
implanted and I'm experiencing numerous PVC's . 17,000 within the
first 24 hours following surgery . Another 143,000 PVC's from February
22 to March 1st at which time the cardiologist changed my medication

I am on BP meds Atenolol, Valsartan and Lisinopril.  Does anyone know
of any problems with aural congestion and these medicines?

Previous reports were more encouraging, though this still looks like it has
some promise. From NYT.
Bill
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Mom, 75, cancer survivor, enlarged heart--  Has 'scrips with D.O.E. and
D.N.D. and Cardiomyopathy written all over them.  Can anyone tell me
what I might expect in the next few months?
I know DOE means dyspnea on exertion and DND means delayed neurological

I am not a cardiologist but have an interest in ways of predicting
heart attacks, mainly because all my grandparents died of heart
attacks quite young.  Are there any signs in the minutes/hours/days
before an attack?  Or are they effectively random?  Are there any web

I have prepared an article of misuse of statistics in medical
research. If you are a cardiologist, you might be interested to read
it. Your professional opinion would be appreciated.
If you want to read it, click here:

Can anyone point me to data on cholesterol (and lipid classes)
distributions in adult populations? I assume that the Framingham data
are available somehow. I have found some fairly detailed available data
on children, but not adults except in a few disease categories.

This new study breakthrough explains one mechanism that would explain why
statins are associated with increased incidence of cancer.
Chloesterol is essential for cellular signaling - when the amount of
cholesterol within the lipid domains gets too low, ERK becomes overactive.

I was wondering if anyone had ever experienced tightening of the chest when
under stressful situations?
When my son was first born he would wake up several times a night.
Sometimes when I would get up with him I would have a tight sensation in my