Vitamin B3 beats Big Pharma's Zetia cholesterol drug
(NaturalNews) The utter worthlessness of Big Pharma's cholesterol drugs was demonstrated recently by a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine which showed that niacin (a low-cost B vitamin) out-performs Merck's drug Zetia for preventing the build-up of arterial plaque, a symptom of cardiovascular disease.As the study reveals, Zetia failed miserably. Patients taking niacin showed a significant shrinkage in artery wall thickness, while those on Zetia showed no such improvement. At the same time, the rate of cardiovascular events in the niacin group was only one-fifth that in the Zetia group, demonstrating that niacin is far more effective at preventing heart attacks and other similar events than Zetia.But curiously, as soon as niacin started to show a real benefit over Ze...
Head-trauma suits against NFL increase
A nasty collision during a kickoff in 1997 left Kevin Turner seeing stars. (Source: CNN.com - Health)