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Statins do not reduce CV risk in hemodialysis patients

Statins, which are well-established drugs in reducing cardiovascular events in high-risk patients, do not reduce cardiovascular risk in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Patients with chronic kidney disease particularly end-stage renal disease are considered high cardiovascular risk patients.
Investigators conducted a manufacturer-sponsored and administered, international, randomized, double-blind trial of rosuvastatin (10 mg/day) versus placebo in patients aged 50 [...]

Filed under: general and health and medicine by - 17. December 2009, No Comments

The Cayce diet

“Urges arise, not only from what one eats, but from what one thinks and eats! Also from what one digests mentally and spiritually!” Thus spoke Edgar Cayce, on the oneness of mind, body, and spirit, and the importance of watching our food intake.
Cayce is, perhaps, the most famous American psychic. He was also known as [...]

Filed under: health and medicine and nutrition and people by - 20. November 2009, No Comments