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Reverse and stop taking it, it may go back to normal. and the third is cost. a lot of people cannot afford it. they say, leave me alone. if they go ahead and take care of their health and behavioral changes, exercise, diet, i have no problem with that. but look, let me get one thing out. american heart association has new guidelines, and instead of concentrating on the numbers -- i have to admit that marc deals with this all the time and hes the expert in this field. as a urologist i study a lot...

Also. the third group, if you have a very, very high cholesterol, no family history but your ldl, bad any other way,s over 160 and i with diet, exercise, no matter what, i would consider a statin drug for those people, too. those are the three groups. again, thats not everybody. but in the study it looks like many people arent taking it that should be. thats bad. >> david, do you think its easy to go to your statin as opposed to losing weight and eat better? >> the reason theyre not taking it is...

Another one rapata, they solve 40% to 60%, lowered ldl or the bad cholesterol. i think this is a great option. we also have talked about exercise, weight loss. sometimes even using niacin, another medication, vitamin b-3 that can help lower your cholesterol. talk to your cardiologist. just because you have one lipitor or one medication that doesnt work for you dont give up. >> okay. >> having an option is tremendous. i think the cost is not an issue its like $40 a pill. lk as a >> cardiac diseas...

The facility yesterday after completing treatment. cassandra and her mother initially refused the chemo, want to go explore alternative treatments. but connecticuts supreme court ruled that cassandra didnt have the maturity to make her own medical decisions. it affects 1 in 6 american adults. but the good news is there is a new drug that might help treat yao high cholesterol. those taking this new drug in a recent trial were found to have lower levels of ldl, which is the so-called bad cholest...

A couple weeks ago i met with dr. agatston to gauge my likelihood of having a heart attack. >> sanjay, good to see you. >> time to see what fate has for me. >> we had good news when we did the images. you had no plaque on your coronary arteries on the calcium score. your carotids were very young, like a spring chicken. >> someone made a comment to me that there is a four-year guarantee. >> yes. i would extend it to five to seven years. >> based on what you have seen before we go over this, five ...

Disease and stroke, these are silent killers and you want to know what your blood pressure is. our biggest problem in this country is the high consumption of salt. were consuming about 3500 milligrams of salt. we should be around 2500 milligrams. if youre a diabetic, have kidney disease you want to go to 1500. check your blood pressure around the age of 20 every year. cholesterol is important because that is another risk for heart disease and coronary artery disease et cetera. your cholesterol l...

Stroke, any kind of angina, stable or unstable, youre going to go on -- >> how about a family history of that? >> family history of that, also. if youre buy bettic, type i and type ii, youll go on this. if youre over 21 and your ldl is over 190, normally ituld be 100, youre going to go on this. i think this is based on a real foundation, not just he said she said. and the american heart association put a lot of effort into this. my concern is, of course, when youre on this medication, youre goin...

Angina, stable or not, as well as family history, you need have this conversation. if you have diabetes, you should be on this. if you are over 121, and your ldl is over 190, you will be on this. this based on real foundation, not should he said-she said. the american heart association put a lot of effort into this. my concern when you on this medication is you are on a medicine. they emphasize we healthy diet, add all the vegetables, fruits and that is in there. >> the big issue is that the sid...

Three cups of tea a day show a decreased risk dramatically of stroke. im going to have my four cups of coffee and three cups of tea. >> david, is that too much? >> i convert eed one person so thats good news. theres a lot of studies. the three to four cups, you have to get enough antioxidants to get the full effect of what were talking about, the anti-cancer, the heart protection. now, with tea, especially green tea, it has a lot of flavinoids a lot of antioxidants. the one thats really big and ...

Diabetes, theres a risk of diabetes. i believe those studies. minor risk, but jamie, the risk of having a problem from diabetes causing heart disease without the statin is much, must have greater. so diabetics should get statin drugs. >> let me just say one other thing, this partly comes from cardiologists using medications like this, for example, to lower ldl, but it doesnt reduce the risk of stroke and heart disease. but the big thing is, is it really the cholesterol we are going after or the ...