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February 24, 2010  
Drug Studies Don't Lie, But They Do Fool People
 
Cleaves BennettCleaves Bennett, M.D.

Generally, only a small percentage of patients are personally benefited in drug trials that are placebo controlled. One must assume then that once released to the general public, the same small percentage are benefited by taking the drug.

It might very well be even less, since in drug studies, every patient takes every pill, attends every appointment and is followed very carefully and frequently the entire duration of the study. Plus, everyone in the study is encouraged if not actually ordered to eat better, stop smoking and exercise.

I'm going to tell you something now that few doctors and fewer still patients know about drug studies and how they should be interpreted. 
Cleaves M. Bennett MD obtained his MD from the University of Rochester (New York) with honors in 1960.
He was Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at Harbor/UCLA Medical Center, from 1969 until retiring in 2006.
He is the author of several books including In 12 weeks You Can Control Your High Blood Pressure Without Drugs.


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The Best Weight Loss Diet
 
Dr Graveline - creamAs a family doctor for 23 years and USAF flight surgeon for ten years before, I consider myself thoroughly experienced in weight control. In the military I was responsible for the health of flight crews which demanded rigid control of any obesity tendency.

I was convinced that weight loss was a simple matter of calorie counting. Your body is an engine and without sufficient energy in the form of food it will burn fat and you will lose weight. But I was wrong!

The Best Weight Loss Diet
 
 
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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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.

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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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