My brother recently had a blood test and his cardiologist and GP
disagreed on whether or not to take statins. His total Cholesterol was
300 and his HDL was 70, triglycerides 85. He does not smoke, bmi is
22, and he does not have High blood pressure in fact its below 120.

Get well soon from diabetes and to know more on diabetes visit
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I just got my lab results back.
I've been bustin' my butt for the past 12 months trying to get my HDL
up. Omega3, Niacin, & Pantethine everyday, green vegetables 'til I'm
sick of 'em, careful not to overdo or underdo my diet, excercise and

"A virus that has been linked to obesity in animals and humans works by
converting adult stem cells into fat cells, making it easier to gain
weight and harder to lose it, researchers reported this week."
As reported in the August 25 LA Times, a study with this conclusion was

Doctors urged to curb reliance on beta-blockers
Research favors other drugs to control hypertension
By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff  |  August 7, 2007
Doctors should stop routinely using beta-blockers to control high

My cardiologist prescribed Metoprolol (tartrate) 50mg to take on my airplane
flight, which is 4 hours long. He said that if I take that, it will stop my
PSVT. Walgreen's said it takes about 20 minutes to work. I didn't want to
tie him up on the phone too much, I was just happy that ...

August 15, 2007, 12:58 pm
Changes in Store for Industry-Funded Doctors' Education
Posted by Jacob Goldstein
Now that the feds are picking up the tab for many Medicare patients'

Eur J Heart Fail. 2007 Aug 21; [Epub ahead of print]
Effect of carvedilol and metoprolol on the mode of death in patients
with heart failure.
Remme WJ, Cleland JG, Erhardt L, Spark P, Torp-Pedersen C, Metra M,

The authors of this study examined heart function in38
patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD) who were<55
y.,had a normal  exercise test, and didn't had  metabolic
syndrome,diabetes,  hypertention,or a body mass  index of>40.Compared

A propensity-matched study of the effects of chronic diuretic therapy
on mortality and hospitalization in older adults with heart failure
Ali Ahmeda, , , James B. Youngb, Thomas E. Lovec, Raynald Levesqued
and Betram Pitte

http://hyper.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/50/3/467
Abstract
There has been a lot of interest about new-onset diabetes mellitus in
recent hypertension trials, but the implications of diabetes development

The Lancet 2007; 370:667-675
Incidence of new-onset diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in
patients with recent myocardial infarction and the effect of clinical
and lifestyle risk factors

Am I the only one here getting this spam in their email?
I have no clue what it is. I'm just assuming, by the look of their ad,
that it must be snake oil. But they sure make it sound good.
http://www.healthresources.net/eoc/landing7.aspx?SC=HEF1464

     I'm a dentist in Arlington/ Mansfield Texas. I see many patients
who have severe periodontal condition with poor cardic health. I was
suprised by patient was never told a bad oral health can lead to poor
general health. I just want to know what the MD's and general public

Doctors Often Dismiss Concerns About Drug Side Effects: Study
Doctors often dismiss or ignore patient concerns about possible side
effects of prescription drugs, says a University of California, San
Diego study published this week in the journal Drug Safety.