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NOTHING! KEEP TAKING IT. AS USUAL, THE SPIN MADE BY THE NEWS MEDIA DID NOT BOTHER TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE RESPONSES FROM THE NATIONAL LIPID ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS. THIS WAS A SMALL TRIAL, 1700 PATIENTS ON HIGHER DOSES (2000) THAN WE USUALLY PRESCRIBE AND ONLY USING SIMVASTATIN (AKA ZOCOR) ALL PREVIOUS STUDIES SHOWED BENEFIT, THE SMALL NONSIGNIFICANT INCREASED STROKE ISSUE STILL NEEDS TO BE STUDIED. WE WILL WAIT FOR  MUCH LARGER TRIAL RESULTS IN 2013 BEFORE PASSING ALONG SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IT TRULY DOES NOT WORK.

For both men and women, 3 or more drinks a day increases risk of hypertension. If women drink less they reduce their risk, men however, don’t receive this benefit.

MEDICATIONS LIKE BLOOD THINNERS, BETA BLOCKERS AND STATINS WERE FOUND TO BE  ABSENT DESPITE GUIDELINE RECOMMENDATIONS TO HAVE THIS DONE, AND A MAJOR STUDY SUGGESTING IF EVERYTHING WERE “OPTIMAL” NOT ALL STENTS NEEDED TO BE IMPLANTED?

SINCE A 2007 STUDY, THE AHA HAS RECOMMENDED AVOIDING ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS) AFTER HEART ATTACKS ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS.  ANOTHER HEART ATTACK OR DEATH CAN RESULT.  IF YOU MUST TAKE AN NSAID FOR PAIN RELIEF, NAPROXEN (ALLEVE) <500MG SEEMS LESS RISKY, BUT ASK YOUR DOCTOR FIRST!

14% OF STROKES OCCUR WHEN YOU ARE SLEEPING. THIS MAY KEEP YOU FROM RECEIVING CLOT BUSTING MEDICATION THAT NEEDS TO BE GIVEN WITHIN THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THE STROKE TO BE EFFECTIVE. THIS NEW APPROACH WILL BE THE FOCUS OF NEXT WEEKS SHOW!

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