By Dr. Mercola One in four Americans aged 45 and older take statin drugs to lower cholesterol and supposedly "prevent heart disease." That amounts to 32 million Americans or, as Peter Wehrwein pointed out in the Harvard Health Letter, the equivale… more »

The Lockerbie bomber’s family have made an astonishing appeal to Britain for medical help to prolong his life. Abdelbaset Al Megrahi is said to be slipping in and out of a coma two years after he was released from a Scottish prison, supposedly with t… more »

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By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Seth Borenstein, Ap Science Writer Wed Jan 5, 7:28 pm ET WASHINGTON – David Nichols studies the way psychedelic drugs act in the brains of rats. But he's haunted by how humans hijack his work to make street dr… more »

CR Editor's Note: Just wait, next alcohol will  be the cause of global warming and taking horrible, mind addling drugs may reduce the harmful effects of the ozone level...the madness never ends it would seem. The Lancet, a British medical journal, l… more »