Jonathan LaPook, M.D.

(CBS News) 

Jonathan LaPook, M.D., is the medical correspondent for the "CBS Evening News."

Dr. LaPook is a board-certified physician in internal medicine and gastroenterology. He has been an associate attending physician for New York-Presbyterian Hospital since 2001. Before that, he served as an assistant attending physician (1986-2001) and an assistant physician (1985-86) for the hospital. Dr. LaPook has also been an associate clinical professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical Center since 2001. Prior to that, he was an assistant professor of clinical medicine (1986-2001) and an instructor in clinical medicine (1985-86) at Columbia University. He has done extensive work in the field of medical computing, including helping to develop an electronic textbook of medicine and writing a medical practice management software package that he sold in 1999 to a company that was later acquired by Emdeon Corporation, the parent company of WebMD. He has contributed commentaries to WebMD. Dr. LaPook is a member of several professional organizations and is a widely published author.

LaPook continues as a practicing physician.

Born in Mineola, N.Y, LaPook was graduated cum laude from Yale University in 1975 with a bachelor's degree in biology and with honors from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1980 with an M.D. He completed a residency in internal medicine and fellowship in gastroenterology at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. LaPook lives in New York City with his wife and two sons.

Every time you mention statins you really should also mention the fact that statins interfere with CoQ10 production, which elevates heart failure risk, among many other bad effects.
Merck filed two patents that make this clear.
Merck patent 4,933,165: Coenzyme Q.sub.10 with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors
Merck patent 4,929,437: Coenzyme Q.sub.10 with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors

[kclaytor]

Dear Doctor,

Could you report on the CBS News with Scott Pelley, about the CBS affiliate WNEM's story on Anatabloc? In the story they ran, a woman claims to have been cured of very painful Fibromyalgia after having it for 22 years from taking it. Another claims she was cured of Thyroditis. A Johns Hopkins doctor claims the compound is the only known "cure" for it. They have a Facebook page also, and hundreds of people claim it is curing them of multiple auto-immune disorders caused from inflammation. If this is true,it would be a huge story!

Thanks ( I love watching when you are on!)

[FLCEH1948]

DEAR DR LAPOOK-HAS ANYONE EVER DONE A STUDY ON CANCER CONCERNING WHY BAD OR MEAN PEOPLE AS A RULE DO NOT GET CANCER-MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH CANCER WAS WHEN I WAS 15 YEARS OLD-I BABY SAT FOR A LITTLE GIRL-ROBIN STRALEY-SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER AT THE AGE OF 2-SHE WAS ADORABLE-SHE NEVER MADE IT TO 5-THIS WAS IN 1962-MY FATHER WAS THE KINDEST MAN IN THE WORLD-HE DIED OF CANCER-MY BROTHER WAS THE NICEST MAN YOU COULD MEET AND HE DIED OF CANCER-HAS ANYONE EVER DONE A STUDY ON WHY NICE PEOPLE GET CANCER AND DIE OF CANCER AND MEAN NASTY PEOPLE GENERALLY DO NOT-MAYBE THERE IS A CHEMICAL THAT MEAN AND BAD PEOPLE'S BODIES PRODUCE TO WARD OFF CANCER-YOU NEVER HEAR OF MURDERURES OR RAPSTS OR EXECUTIVE CON ARTITS DYING OF CANCER-I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SOMEONE ON DEATH ROW GETTING CANCER AND DYING OF IT-THER IS A MAN THAT LIVES ABOVE ME-HE IS SO MEAN AND NASTY TO EVERYONE-HE IS 79-HIS WHOLE LIFE HE CALLS PEOPLE NAMES-HE CALLS ME A "******* *****" A BLACK WOMAN HERE HE CALLS A "******* *****" HE HAS BEEN LIKE THIS HIS WHOLE LIFE-HE IS 79 AND WILL PROBABLY LIVE FOREVER-WHY DO MEAN NASTY BAD PEOPLE NOT GET CANCER-IF SOMEONE DID A STUDY OR SURVEY I THINK THEY WOULD BE SHOCKED TO SEE THAT THESE BAD PEOPLE DIE OLD AND HEALTHY-THEY DO STATISTIC SURVEYS ON EVERYTHING ELSE-AND SOME PRETTY STUPID STUFF-I AM JUST CURIOUS THAT THERE MAY BE SOME CHEMICAL THAT BAD PEOPLE'S BODIES PRODUCE TO KEEP THEM HEALTHY-AS I GET OLDER I SEE THIS PATTERN MORE AND MORE IN LIFE
THANKS FOR READING THIS
CHUCK HANEY
2811 SOMERSET DR BLDG C UNIT 311
LAUDERDALE LAKES, FL 33311
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I LOVE WATCHIN YOU ON THE KATIE COURIC SHOW-THE TWO OF YOU WORK SO WELL TOGETHER