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Interview With Gary Taubes (part 1)

I interviewed Gary Taubes by phone a few weeks ago, shortly after he gave a talk about the main ideas of his new book — "Good Calories, Bad Calories" — at UC Berkeley. The interview lasted about 2 hours. SETH: I just spoke to someone who redu ...

Article - Seth Roberts - Feb 8 2012 - 9:27pm - 0 attachments

Minimum Wage Jobs Cause Obesity? Puh-leeze

It almost reads like an April Fools Day article.  A new UC Davis study has found that more obese people have minimum-wage jobs by demographic, adding to growing evidence that being poor is a risk factor for unhealthy weight. So minimum wage jobs ca ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 12 2010 - 9:50am - 0 attachments

When Is A Non-Profit Endorsing?: Autism Speaks And The National Autism Association Convention

Recently I became aware through  Sullivan's post at LBRB  that Autism Speaks was sponsoring the National Autism Association's national conference and that Andrew Wakefield was speaking at this conference, along with a long list of proponents ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Aug 22 2011 - 6:40pm - 0 attachments

Where Is Aging, Inc.?

... worse. Recently added to the average gero-pharmacopeia of statins, diabetes drugs, and ace inhibitors are Prozac, Ambien and Valium. This ...

Article - Greg Critser - Jul 7 2010 - 5:36pm - 0 attachments

Making Cholesterol Treatment Cheaper - Cut Pills In Half

... — cannot. Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins are among the most widely-used classes of medicines, with tens of ... costs affected patients’ adherence to their statins over the six-month study period, the survey at the end of the study ... in January 2006. So far, more than 500 people who take statins have signed up; further medications are being considered for inclusion ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 11 2007 - 5:38pm - 0 attachments

Fluvastatin Enhances Chronic Hepatitis C Treatment Response In Combination With Pegylated Interferon-Alpha And Ribavirin

... metabolic syndrome (MS), the main treatment indication for statins, is associated with severe fibrosis and lower treatment responses in ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 31 2011 - 11:31am - 0 attachments

Livazo(R) (Pitavastatin), A Statin With Beneficial Effects On Lipid Fractions Associated With Heart Disease, Launches In Lebanon

... mg demonstrated comparable efficacy to commonly prescribed statins with 2 mg Livazo demonstrating statistically significant superior ... pitavastatin are consistent with other commonly prescribed statins. In Phase III studies comparing pitavastatin with atorvastatin(3), ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 23 2011 - 2:30am - 0 attachments

Resverlogix Presents ASSERT Human Clinical Trial Data At The American Heart Association Late Breaker Session

... stated, "In patients who received the newer class of statins and had baseline HDL below 45mg/dL, an important high-risk ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Nov 24 2010 - 9:04pm - 0 attachments

Is HDL Really So “Good”?

... things like lifestyle modification and drugs, mainly statins, were found to lower LDL levels and cardiovascular risk. Similarly, ... Fogelman was asking a very uncomfortable question: if statins and such were so good at driving up HDL and driving down LDL, why did ...

Article - Greg Critser - Nov 7 2010 - 10:13pm - 0 attachments

New JUPITER Analysis Demonstrates CRESTORTM (rosuvastatin) Significantly Reduces Major Cardiovascular Events In High Risk Patients

... safety profile for CRESTOR is in line with other marketed statins. CRESTOR is not indicated to slow the progression of atherosclerosis ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 22 2010 - 12:02pm - 0 attachments