Statins, PCSK9s, diabetes and heart disease
There were two interesting statin stories this week. On Friday March 17th 2017, the front page of the UK Express
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The Lancet Statin Study
On Friday 9th September 2016, an article was published in The Lancet with a quite extraordinary editorial. The full article
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Mediterranean Diet better than statins?
My August Bank Holiday Monday (29/8/2016) kicked off with an interview on BBC Radio Berkshire to discuss the day’s headline:
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The computer says “take statins”!
The shock story of last week broke on 11th May (2016). The UK GP magazine, Pulse, reported that The Medicines
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PCSK9 Inhibitors & Statins
Statin side effects pave the way for son of statins… Introduction In May 2014, two doctors were maliciously attacked
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Three revelations about statins
I posted last Monday’s note about National Cholesterol Month as a blog and it has already been shared more than
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National cholesterol month
I was at a dinner party recently when the subject of cholesterol came up. Every (lay) person around the table
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Surrogate end points are bad for your health
If I told you that a drug went on sale on 1st September 2015, which involved fortnightly injections at a
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A GPs view of mass medication
Following this story last week, I am delighted to say that we have a GP writing this week’s note to
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People who take statins die more of things other than cancer
In the brilliant book Doctoring Data, Dr Malcolm Kendrick quotes Michael Baum, Professor Emeritus of surgery and visiting Professor of
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