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Age Management, Disease, Health Supplements, Patient Care, Preventative Medicine

The Denmark Lookback

Last year, the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology released new guidelines for the treatment of an increase in the risk of heart disease with statin lowering drugs like Lipitor. The previous guidelines (Adult Treatment Panel Guidelines (ATP…

Dr. James Katz MD MPH
June 2, 2014

Alzheimer's, Health Supplements, Medications, Preventative Medicine

Niacin Nonsense

For ten years, Merck has been pursuing one of the Holy Grails in pharmaceuticals. Aspirin is one of the most recommended drugs in the world. Merck has been developing laropiprant to replace aspirin. But laropiprant was a long shot as…