Nutrition
Stuck with Statins? Try a Plant-Based Diet to Cut Back
The solution to a lifetime of statins could lie in a diet based on vegetables, whole grains, beans and fruit. The medical community recommends statins…
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Shedding Light on the Risks
& Benefits of Medications
Shedding Light on the Risks
& Benefits of Medications 
Madeline Vann
Madeline Vann, MPH, is a freelance health journalist based in Williamsburg, VA. She has a Master of Public Health degree from Tulane University in New Orleans and over a decade of experience as a health and medical freelance writer. Her writing has appeared in HealthDay, Everydayhealth.com, the Huffington Post, Costco Connection, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the Huntsville Times, and numerous internal and external corporate and academic publications.
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