Spacedoc Newsletter
May 5, 2009
Statins Suppress PSA ( Prostate Specific Antigen )
A study of 1,214 men taking statins found that after starting a statin they saw a drop in levels of their PSA test.

The researchers saw a significant decline in PSA and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in the participants and the PSA declines correlated with the magnitude of the LDL decrease.

The decline in PSA also strongly correlated with the dose of statin.

Read the full article here

Duane Graveline MD MPH
Former USAF Flight Surgeon
Former NASA Astronaut
Retired Family Doctor
 
Parkinson's Disease and CoQ10 Deficiency
For the many victims of Parkinson's disease associated with the use of statin drugs, recent research from the Institute of Neurology, London sheds light on a possible mechanism.

The results of this study indicate a significant reduction in CoQ10 concentration in the cortex region of the brain and evidence that a deficit in brain CoQ10 status may be involved in the pathophysiology of Parkinson's.

Read the full article on Parkinson's Disease and CoQ10 Deficiency
 
Duane Graveline MD MPH

Former USAF Flight Surgeon
Former NASA Astronaut
Retired Family Doctor
 
Dr. Malcolm Kendrick M.D.
Next week's newsletter will have a new article by Dr. Malcolm Kendrick M.D. the author of "The Great Cholesterol Con."

Dr Kendrick contends that "If you are a man who is already suffering from heart disease, statins can increase your life expectancy. Not by much, but they do work. For everyone else, statins do not increase life expectancy by one, single, day."

Read more about Dr. Kendrick and The Great Cholesterol Con
 
The Statin Damage Crisis
The Statin Damage Crisis by Dr. Duane Graveline M.D. is now available.

The cholesterol lowering drugs known as statins are of proven benefit for some groups of people for the prevention of heart attacks and stroke, but statins also have a dark side. Tens of thousands of people have been victims of a huge array of statin drugs side effects.

The Statin Damage Crisis reviews how statins work, the importance of cholesterol in the body, inflammation and atherosclerosis, anti-inflammatory alternatives to statins, serious side effects of statins, and dietary supplements promising possible benefit to those damaged with statin associated neuropathies, myopathies and neuromuscular degeneration.

Sections of the Statin Damage Crisis were previously published in Statin Drugs Side Effects by Dr. Duane Graveline.
 
Order your copy of The Statin Damage Crisis here

Duane Graveline MD MPH
Former USAF Flight Surgeon
Former NASA Astronaut
Retired Family Doctor

 
Three Articles by Dr. Stephen Sinatra

Dr Stephen Sinatra has written three articles for the spacedoc.net site.

The first article was titled:
"From Cholesterol Choirboy to Non-Believer."

The second article was titled:
"How to Determine if You Really Need a Statin."

The third article was titled:
"Statins, CoQ10, and Carnitine - What Doctors Don't Tell Patients."
 
Books by Dr Duane Graveline MD MPH
"The Statin Damage Crisis" by Dr Duane Graveline M.D.

BooksDr Graveline's third book on statins called "The Statin Damage Crisis" is now available.
 
Originally planned as a new edition to "Statin Drugs Side Effects," it has been released as a stand alone title so that the highly relevant material in "SDSE" will still be available.

Dr Graveline wrote the following introduction to this latest title:
 
Early on my NASA doctors told me my amnesia response to statins was nothing but a coincidence but I persevered to write my first book, "Lipitor, Thief of Memory" and now find that over 1,000 cases of amnesia and memory loss have been reported to the FDA, just from Lipitor alone.
 
Then I learned of statin damage to nerves and muscles and profound behavioral and personality changes, demanding I write a second book, "Statin Drugs Side Effects." Even this broadly encompassing book was insufficient to describe what I have learned more recently of the truly dark side of statins - their ability to alter the very fabric of our makeup.
 
I had long wondered why muscle and nerve damage seemed permanent and even progressive like my own ALS-like condition. Now I have found that the ultimate effect of statins on CoQ10 and dolichols is to damage the DNA of the mitochondrial life - force within our cells - mitochondrial mutation masquerading as premature old age. 
 
Duane Graveline MD MPH
Former USAF Flight Surgeon, Former NASA Astronaut, Retired Family Doctor 
 
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