I’ve written before about the benefit of high HDL. This is your “good” cholesterol and protects you from heart disease. When it comes to predicting heart disease, HDL is more …
Protect Your Heart with Cranberries
Protect Your Heart with Cranberries # 326 This Thanksgiving, you can beat heart disease by enjoying one of the season’s favorite traditions: cranberries. That cranberry sauce your Grandmother used to …
Don't Let "Silent Killer" Sneak Up On You
Most people have heard that high blood pressure is the “Silent Killer”. Yet in my clinic, I often hear “How could I have high blood pressure when I feel fine?” …
Is Your Cholesterol Healthy?
Patients continuing to feel pressured by other doctors to take drugs for healthy cholesterols constantly surprise me. Statins are now the most prescribed class of drugs in history. The newest …
Are We Winning the Battle?
Cancer has recently topped heart disease as the nation’s number one killer.(1) This seems to be good news for the fight against heart disease. But when you look a little …
Why Are You Hearing About CRP Now?
Not too long ago, a patient asked me, “Dr. Sears, what do you think about this new risk factor for heart disease called” C – reactive protein’?” “It can be …
If You Need Better Cholesterol…
Health Alert 287 Do you worry about high cholesterol? Patients often come to me after other doctor put them on a dangerous statin drug to lower their cholesterol. When I …
Your Most Important Supplement
Health Alert 294 The next time you hear a doctor say that there is no evidence that you need any supplements, ask him how he figures you’re going to get …
Children Growing Old Before Their Time
Health Alert 300 A new study shows that many children already have the early symptoms of diabetes and heart disease. A lack of good food and exercise is threatening their …
Strengthen Your Heart with an Herb Doctors Ignore
Health Alert 302 "Thanks Dr. Sears, but my doctor doesn’t agree with you. When I asked him about the supplements you recommended, he said," Well… we just don’t have any …
Man Dies after Taking Bad Advice
Health Alert 309 “Dr. Sears, my internal medicine doctor wants me to exercise for an hour a day. Sometimes I get so tired, I feel like I’m going to collapse. …
Protect Your Heart with This Overlooked Vitamin
Health Alert 257 Dear Subscriber: Ads tout calcium as the cure-all for stronger bones. Even if you didn’t want extra calcium, it’s almost impossible to avoid it these days. There’s …
When the Cure Is Worse than the Disease
Health Alert 258 Dear Subscriber: Mercury is a powerful neurotoxin. Having the deadly distinction of being more poisonous than arsenic or lead, mercury vapors can penetrate human bone and flesh. …
Lower Your Blood Pressure with 3 Easy Tips
Health Alert 163 If you have high blood pressure, it is important to lower it to within the normal range. I am not a fan, however, of lowering blood pressure …
Ignore the Hype, Focus on the Cholesterol that Matters
Health Alert 164 Statin drugs to lower cholesterol have become the number one category of drug expense for America’s health insurers. They are also the most profitable drugs in history. …
Your Taxes and Drugs
Health Alert 167 Just in case you forgot, today is April 15th, tax day. Speaking of taxes, this year we have, in effect, a new drug tax. As if drug …
Cholesterol Drug Found to Be Lethal
Health Alert 175 A new statin drug, Crestor, has hit the market. Clever television campaigns are targeting people who have “high” cholesterol. What the ads don’t say is that a …
Your Best Antioxidant Power Punch
Health Alert 178 Care to guess the natural food that has the highest concentration of antioxidants? It’s the humble blueberry. They help your body fight off certain cancers and heart …