Heroine - by lawdog

""I started shooting heroin at age 15."  Heather says, describing her 25 year junkie career as a vicious cycle of getting high, homelessness, methadone programs, and prison.  "I've gone to prison three times... I had three different CDC numbers... all...

Lowering "bad" cholesterol cuts repeat stroke risk

"After a stroke or mini-stroke, intensive lowering of "bad" low-density lipoprotein cholesterol with a statin drug significantly reduces the risk of a second stroke, according to new data from the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels, or SPARCL,...