statins – Zoë Harcombe

Cholesterol Heart Disease Newsletter

Statins

December 10, 2018December 13, 2018 Zoë 5 Comments Cholesterol, heart disease, LDL, member, statins

(The British newspaper, “i”, published a shorter version of this article on 11th December 2018.) The headlines on 8th December

Cholesterol Newsletter

Lowering LDL

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 Zoë 7 Comments Cholesterol, HDL, LDL, lipoproteins, member, statins, VLDL

On 10th November, 2018, the American Heart Association (AHA) published new cholesterol guidelines (Ref 1). The document is on open

Children's Health Cholesterol Newsletter

Statins for children

January 22, 2018January 22, 2018 Zoë 4 Comments Cholesterol, familial hypercholesterolemia, heart disease, member, mortality, statins

I was particularly horrified by headlines last week e.g. “Up to 56,000 children may get statins, say scientists” (Ref 1).

Medications Newsletter

Statins: at what age?

August 21, 2017August 21, 2017 Zoë 7 Comments cardiovascular disease, Cholesterol, CVD, member, NICE, statin guidelines, statins

1st August 2017 would have been a confusing day for anyone reading all the UK papers. The Telegraph front page

Cholesterol Diabetes Newsletter

Statins, PCSK9s, diabetes and heart disease

March 20, 2017March 21, 2017 Zoë 10 Comments Diabetes, heart disease, member, PCSK9, statins

There were two interesting statin stories this week. On Friday March 17th 2017, the front page of the UK Express

Newsletter Public Health

Review of 2016

December 31, 2016August 6, 2018 Zoë 2 Comments biggest loser, blood glucose, blood pressure, BMI, calories, childhood obesity, Children, dietary guidelines, dieting, eatwell guide, exercise, familial hypercholesterolemia, food labels, heart disease, HPCSA, HRT & Breast cancer, Mediterranean diet, New Year Resolutions, Obesity, painkillers, PCSK9s, Professor Tim Noakes, Public Health Collaboration, red meat, SPRINT, statins, sugar, types of fat, UK diet, Vegan, vitamin D, weight loss, whole grains, World Milk Day

These are the topics that I’ve researched and blogged about this year: January New Year Resolutions – how to be the

Academic Research Cholesterol Conflicts of Interest Heart Disease Medications Newsletter

The Lancet Statin Study

September 12, 2016September 19, 2016 Zoë Harcombe 2 Comments cardiovascular disease, Cholesterol, conflict of interest, CTSU, member, statins

On Friday 9th September 2016, an article was published in The Lancet with a quite extraordinary editorial. The full article

Academic Research Fruit Heart Disease Medications Red Meat

Mediterranean Diet better than statins?

August 29, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë Harcombe 15 Comments heart attacks, heart disease, Mediterranean diet, oily fish, statins, strokes

My August Bank Holiday Monday (29/8/2016) kicked off with an interview on BBC Radio Berkshire to discuss the day’s headline:

Cholesterol Heart Disease Medications Newsletter

The computer says “take statins”!

May 16, 2016August 15, 2016 Zoë Harcombe conflict of interest, death rates, exercise, member, QRISK2, smoking, statins

The shock story of last week broke on 11th May (2016). The UK GP magazine, Pulse, reported that The Medicines

Cholesterol Conflicts of Interest Heart Disease Medications Newsletter

PCSK9 Inhibitors & Statins

April 11, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë Harcombe 32 Comments Cholesterol, cholesterol lowering, HDL, PCSK9, PCSK9 inhibitors, repatha, side-effects, statins

Statin side effects pave the way for son of statins… Introduction In May 2014, two doctors were maliciously attacked

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