Spacedoc Newsletter
February 9, 2010  
Post Menopausal Iron Supplementation - Caution!
 
Doc AHoFCardiovascular risk escalation in postmenopausal women may be due to the inflammatory effects of stored iron and not elevated LDL cholesterol.

Supportive of this hypothesis is the observation of fatty liver, elevation of liver enzymes and elevation of serum ferritin in many postmenopausal women, especially those having postmenopausal weight gain.

In many instances these women have continued intake of foods or vitamins supplemented with iron long after menopause and are unknowingly taking in very significant amounts of iron.

The aforementioned might explain why cholesterol lowering treatment with statin drugs did not reduce the risk of cardiovascular heart disease in these women.

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Duane Graveline MD MPH

Former USAF Flight Surgeon
Former NASA Astronaut
Retired Family Doctor 
 
Statins and Erectile Dysfunction ( ED )
 
Dr Graveline - creamA study based on the French Pharmacovigilance System Database reported on the incidence of Erectile Dysfunction ( ED ) with statins.

Mechanisms of action of such ED loss have not been established but are believed to be due to statin-associated cholesterol suppression, resulting in insufficient levels for normal sexual hormone, primarily testosterone, production.

Read the full article on Statins and Erectile Dysfunction

http://www.spacedoc.net/statins_erectile_dysfunction
 
Duane Graveline MD MPH

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