{"id":38583,"date":"2013-12-03T11:09:39","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T18:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=38583"},"modified":"2013-12-03T20:35:27","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T03:35:27","slug":"the-science-of-health-whats-wrong-with-the-ahas-new-recommendations-on-heart-disease-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2013\/12\/03\/the-science-of-health-whats-wrong-with-the-ahas-new-recommendations-on-heart-disease-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Science of Health: What&#8217;s Wrong With the AHA&#8217;s New Recommendations on Heart Disease Risk?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/2013123Uprising\/2013_12_3_statindrugs.mp3\">Listen to this segment<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/download\/2013123Uprising\/2013_12_3_uprising.mp3\">Listen to the entire program<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=50% src=\"\/home\/graphics\/heart_disease.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Heart disease is the leading cause of deaths among Americans, and for years doctors have focused on lowering blood levels of LDL cholesterol as the main approach to reducing heart disease risk.  But the American Heart Association, based on a multi-year review of existing medical research, is now recommending that doctors take a more holistic approach by examining various markers in their patients such as existing heart disease, diabetes or high cholesterol; and then, using patients\u2019 age, weight, smoking habits, and blood pressure, calculate their risk for future heart disease using an online Cardiovascular risk calculator. <\/p>\n<p>The AHA recommends that all patients who have the aforementioned health conditions or have a calculated risk of 7.5% or higher should automatically be prescribed cholesterol-reducing drugs like Lipitor, called \u201cstatins\u201d. It is estimated that, as a result of these new guidelines, tens of millions more Americans could be prescribed statins.   <\/p>\n<p>But statins are already among the most widely prescribed drugs today. And, they are associated with serious side effects: the government\u2019s Food and Drug Administration earlier this year released a warning for statin users saying they \u201cmay have an increased risk of raised blood sugar levels and the development of Type 2 diabetes.\u201d Even more confusing, the New York Times reported that study by leading cardiologists of the AHA\u2019s online risk calculator found that it \u201cover predicted risk by 75 to 150 percent.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><em>GUEST: Stephen Sinatra, cardiologist and assistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and co-author of The Great Cholesterol Myth: Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won\u2019t Prevent Heart Disease and the Statin-Free Plan that Will<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartmdinstitute.com\">www.heartmdinstitute.com<\/a> for more information. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heart disease is the leading cause of deaths among Americans, and for years doctors have focused on lowering blood levels of LDL cholesterol as the main approach to reducing heart disease risk. 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