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    • Reducing Inflammation – Part I

    Thursday, November 13th, 2008

    Since this blog site is entitled, Toxic World Blog, you might imagine that I would discuss the issue of environmental toxicity and inflammation first and you would be right. It’s the obvious first choice and one that needs to be addressed in both a global as well as personal way. Not only do we have [...]

    Crestor Jupiter Study – Problems, Issues and Solutions

    Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

    The recently reported study JUPITER, which shows that the drug Crestor, aka rosuvastatin, would help reduce inflammation in the arteries which would help reduce the number of heart attacks has got me puzzled. What struck me was the amazed reactions by physicians who were shocked, shocked that C-Reactive Protein, a marker for inflammation, was a [...]

    Cholesterol Lowering Drugs are Worthless in Most Cases – Part Three

    Monday, February 25th, 2008

    Before I get into today’s discussion on inflammation, please go to this link put up by Chance News, a group dedicated to reviewing information about the use of statistics in the news. They review the cholesterol news and and the statistics behind it. Go down halfway down the page to see the report.
    Inflammation. That is the key [...]