What if WATER, not cholesterol ALONE, holds the key to heart disease?

Dr. Stephen Hussey shares his personal health journey as a Type 1 diabetic and how his experiences led him to explore alternative views on cardiovascular health. Despite following a low-carb diet and maintaining excellent metabolic markers, Hussey suffered a massive heart attack in 2021, which shifted his perspective from biochemistry to biophysics, particularly focusing on the role of water and structured water (also called exclusion zone water). He dives into various studies, discussing how clotting, rather than cholesterol alone, plays a central role in heart disease. Hussey advocates for a new understanding of health involving biophysics and structured water, offering strategies for enhancing this water in the body.

[Ed: The emphasis is not that cholesterol is benign, but that water is also related to this issue.]

Popular thyroid medication levothyroxine linked to bone loss

A popular thyroid medication taken by 23 million Americans may be associated with bone loss, a startling new study finds.

Levothyroxine — marketed under brand names such as Synthroid — is the second most commonly prescribed medication among older adults in the US. It’s consumed by about 7% of the US population.

The drug addresses hypothyroidism, also known as an underactive thyroid, by replacing or providing more of a thyroid hormone naturally produced by the body.

https://nypost.com/2024/11/25/lifestyle/popular-thyroid-medication-levothyroxine-linked-to-bone-loss/

Warning as one of America’s most commonly prescribed drugs may cause debilitating bone disease osteoporosis

One of the most commonly prescribed drugs in the US might put users at a higher risk of an agonizing bone disease, according to new research. 

About 23 million Americans take levothyroxine, sold as Synthroid, each day, making it one of the five most widely used medications in the country.

It is a synthetic hormone prescribed to people with problems with their thyroid, the gland which helps control energy, weight and hair growth.

But researchers found that patients who take the drug suffer bone loss at a greater rate than their peers of similar weight, height and health.

The study only looked at older adults who are at the highest risk of the negative effects of frail bones, known as osteoporosis, which makes them frail and vulnerable to falls.

But the researchers from John Hopkins University said adults of all ages taking the drug should discuss the risks with their doctors.

They warned that many patients take Synthroid for so long that it’s no longer clear why it was prescribed to begin with or even if it is still needed.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14123319/warning-america-drug-cause-bone-disease-osteoporosis.html?ico=article_preview_xp_mobile