Many people complain of "Lipitor Belly" - an odd distribution of fat when
taking statins.  When I noticed this study on Pub Med, I intended to post
just on that topic, but then read Zee's recent post on the link between
Leptin and memory.

I am 51 year old male and my health is ok. Can I live a "normal" life with
bicuspid aortic valve, or will the bicuspid aortic valve in later life WITH
CERTAINTY become calcified?
Kind regards

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Did statin drug cause amnesia?

Dr. Robert Graveline is a former astronaut who suffered
bad side effects from taking statins -- memory loss among
them.
On his website he said he had controlled his cholesterol

We had an interesting exchange of posts a couple of weeks ago. I seem to
recall that some other people even got involved. I learned a lot.
I saw some information on page 25 of "NewsWeek" magazine (date July
25,2005) that reminded me of the one of your posts.

Hunger hormone linked to memory
Scientists have been looking at the hormone that controls hunger
The hormone that controls the body's hunger pangs may also boost the
memory, according to Scottish scientists.

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James Doohan, Who Played Scotty On 'Star Trek,' Dead At 85
Canadian actor succumbs to pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease.

I just read a pretty freaky article I thought I'd share with you.
Apparently, Guidant Corp., announced this week that 9 of their
pacemaker models sold between 1997-2000 may be faulty and need
replacement.  However, that's not such an easy task.  There are 28,000

I just finished my stress test. I was on the treadmill for 15 minutes
and passed with flying colors, and no signs of any problems. To boot my
cholesterol went from 385 to 106. My HDL's also dropped a bit but my
cardiologist was impressed with the overall lowering of my trigycerides

 If ones arteries are in a certain shape due to years of a certain diet
mode, i.e., so much fat, etc.  What is the response to that condition if one
does a big change in diet, i e, minimal fat, etc.  Do the arteries respond
fairly quickly?  Or does it take some time for changes ...

I've looked and looked for any source that says it's a unit of weight
besides Chung. I can't find any. Not one. Nada. Zip. Zero.
In the interests of keeping Chung from looking like a fool because only
he "discerns" the truth about this omer, I'd really appreciate it if

Chung wrote:

Yep. Chung wrote that. I remind him of a kind of fondness. He reminds me

Someone ask Andrew to post the name of the restaurant that serves
lobster, shrimp, steak and deserts all for $3.99/lb for lunch and
$4.99/lb for dinner. I think he's miffed with me. Again.
I'm going to get a huge group of friends to go there so we can make the

I had posted earlier about muscle pain and weakness in my
back and legs which seemed related to taking a statin (Zocor).
My internist referred me to a neurologist.
After taking the history and examining me, he said he wanted

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Study: What's Good Often Turns Out Bad
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