Guest guest Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Duane Graveline is a former NASA scientist and physician, now retired. His own experience with major memory loss because of Lipitor caused him to investigate statins more closely. http://www.spacedoc.net Take a look, especially if you are currently taking any statin drug, your doctor has mentioned taking one to you or your cholesterol level is a bit high. Dr. Graveline also criticizes some of the currently recommended cholesterol levels as being too low for good health, such as < 70 and < 100 for those with some kind of additional problems. Browse the web site. There is much food for though there. When my doctor thought about putting me on a statin drug I had already read about Dr. Graveline's experience with severe memory loss and told him about it. He did not push for me to take the statins. Not all physicians are that reasonable or willing to listen. I hope yours will be. Mary Nelson http://www.eft4everyone.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Yes, here in Sweden we have http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm He, Dr. Ravnskov was awarded and I believe stuff like this are getting more and more known. There´a lot of money in this medical industry so I guess it will take time though.. " " LEO Prize, for independent thinking http://www.leoprize.org >>This prize should reward independent research in natural sciences and medicine. Presently the prize sum amounts to 16,000 USD. Uffe Ravnskov has been selected as the second winner of the " Leo Prize for Independent Thinking " . He is awarded the prize for his sharp scientific criticism of alleged relationships between cholesterol and cardiovascular diseases as the basis for medication and diet recommendations. His analyses have challenged medical establishments. Background: The politicization of science has created widespread acceptance of highly questionable ideas in certain areas of natural sciences and medicine. This phenomenon is obviously greatly harmful to science, but even more so for society which suffers substantial damage from questionable or incorrect advice emanating from the scientific community. The reason for this unlucky development is the acceptance of premature scientific results, ideas or hypotheses whenever such are found attractive by leading forces in society. Clearly it is a task for scientists to scrutinize and when necessary reject such ideas. It is also an important obligation for media to objectively communicate the results of such efforts to the public and decision makers. This is however a difficult and sometimes impossible task even if the necessary insight into the scientific issue is available. One reason among others is that scientists undertaking this difficult critical examination invariably find themselves in trouble; trouble with funding, trouble with publications, trouble with media and trouble to get relevant response from the administration. Particularly cumbrous is the very strong tendency in media to routinely give negative or no publicity to results which put the conventional wisdom in question. In sharp contrast, scientists promoting popular established ideas are routinely given extensive overwhelming attention by media and leading forces in society even when presenting ideas which are by no means new or surprising. We conclude that independent scientists who find themselves in conflict with established ideas urgently need support, in particular when issues of relevance for society are at hand. With the prize for independent thinkers, the LEO Prize, we hope to contribute to the challenging of conventional wisdom by the identification and rewarding of true independent thinking in natural sciences and medicine. " --Stefan , " M J Nelson " <zpp4everyone wrote: > > Duane Graveline is a former NASA scientist and physician, > now retired. His own experience with major memory loss > because of Lipitor caused him to investigate statins more > closely. > > http://www.spacedoc.net > > Take a look, especially if you are currently taking any > statin drug, your doctor has mentioned taking one to you or > your cholesterol level is a bit high. > > Dr. Graveline also criticizes some of the currently > recommended cholesterol levels as being too low for good > health, such as < 70 and < 100 for those with some kind of > additional problems. > > Browse the web site. There is much food for though there. > > When my doctor thought about putting me on a statin drug I > had already read about Dr. Graveline's experience with > severe memory loss and told him about it. He did not push > for me to take the statins. Not all physicians are that > reasonable or willing to listen. I hope yours will be. > > Mary Nelson > http://www.eft4everyone.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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