Soft drinks aren’t high on anyone’s list of healthy beverages, but
at least diet sodas are better...or are they? Data from the Framingham
Heart Study casts doubt on that assumption.
Lipitor, Crestor,
Zocor and other cholesterol-lowering drugs are widely prescribed. Now
the World Health Organization has detected a signal. Are these drugs
really linked to a higher risk of Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS)?
The lines are open for calls from listeners at 888-472-3366.
Guests: Vasan Ramachandran, MD, DM, FACC
Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Framingham Heart Study
Ralph Edwards, MD, Professor of Medicine and Director of the World
Health Organization's drug-monitoring center in Uppsala, Sweden.
