Dr. McKee’s Health Matters

Archive for April, 2009

Low vitamin D levels while taking statins can lead to sore muscles

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

OK, so this study published on Sciencedirect.com is in the language of medicine.
We speculate that symptomatic myalgia in statin-treated patients with concurrent vitamin D deficiency may reflect a reversible interaction between vitamin D deficiency and statins on skeletal muscle
What it says is that people with low vitamin D levels who take statins can get really [...]

Omega-3 Kills Cancer Cells

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Medical News today reported the results of a study showing DHA’s role in reducing tumor size:
Docosahexanoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oils, has been shown to reduce the size of tumours and enhance the positive effects of the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, while limiting its harmful side effects.
Ever since a case report [...]