If you hate those ridiculous drug ads that appear on TV, this is must-see viewing. Enjoy ...

One of my many websites is: LifeWithoutLipitor.com. I have that website because much of my research has led to the conclusion that we are over-prescribed statins. 

In a recent article, cardiologist, Dr. Eric Topol's briefly and to the point explains:

Evidence-based medicine is a fancy buzz term. You've got people who draw out guidelines from shaky data and tell the world this is the way it's got to be. A great example is statins. The medicine community promotes them like crazy. But for people without previous heart disease only one in a 100 people will benefit in terms of preventing heart disease. And then you have the FDA issuing a warning that taking statins can increase the risk of diabetes, which is at least 1 in 200 for the more potent statins. For people who have heart disease, statins are great. But if all you've had is high cholesterol, what you're doing is taking this 1/100 chance of getting a benefit and offsetting it with 1/200 chance of getting diabetes. What kind of trade off is that? We've got to get more intelligent about the individual's true benefit to risk story.

Source: Destroying Medicine to Rebuild It

Here's another good site that explains ... The NNT. NNT stands for Number Needed to Treat.

• Almost 40% of all drugs used worldwide are used in the US. "I sometimes wonder if some doctors here have become de facto drug company sales reps." - Dr. Lipman
  
• Approximately 80% of the antibiotics used in the U.S. go to factory farm animals.

I'm amazed and amused that my Main Street has three CVS pharmacies - all within one-mile of each other.   

When watching a commercial for any medication, for example, *Lipitor, it's important to know the following:

1. Absolute vs Relative Risk
2. Number Needed to Treat

This site, The NNT, goes into great depth about the Number Needed to Treat.

Most likely, you will learn that a medication that is advertised on TV or in print is not as effective as stated because it will use the Relative Risk percentage.

My site: Life without Lipitor

That's the headline for the article that states: Less than half of people having angioplasty surgery for heart disease were taking the best combination of drugs before their procedure, new research shows. This could mean their surgery was not needed.

Candidly, that's the reason I live a healthy lifestyle. I know that most of us believe science, medicine, and technology have "figured out" how to make us healthy, but they all have a long way to go. By living a healthy lifestyle, most people can avoid many diseases and the meds that are required for them.

To read the article, click it.

I am no fan of big-pharma. Sadly, they peddle disease. So, I thank Bill Maher for this hysterical rant about them. Pass the veggies as I take a pass on meds.

According to Dr. Lidy Pelsser's study, 64 percent of children diagnosed with ADHD are actually experiencing a hypersensitivity to food. Once again, food choice is plays a major role in our lives. Read and listen to this NPR report about ADHD.

Once again, it's The Main Street Diet that causes most of the health issues in our lives.

My pill is exercise. So, I am not involved with homeopathy. However, I found this video interesting.

I recommend reading:

• Cholesterol drugs don't help the healthy
  
• Consumer Reports: Statins may not help healthy people
• The Cholesterol Myth that Could be Harming Your Health
  

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