Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Surgery & Meds

Newsletter Surgery & Meds 

A story about weight loss

February 6, 2023March 8, 2023 Zoë 6 Comments ozempic, semaglutide, weight loss

There have been stories in the media recently about well known people who have been taking a diabetes drug for

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Cholesterol Newsletter Surgery & Meds 

Stopping statins

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 Zoë 9 Comments member

Executive summary * A study was published in JAMA Open Network, which generated the headline ‘stopping statins linked to death

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Newsletter Surgery & Meds 

Carb loading before surgery

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 Zoë 0 Comments carbohydrates, member, surgery

Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction Last week, I received a really interesting email from a long-term

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Statins don’t work well for half those who take them www.zoeharcombe.com
Heart Disease Surgery & Meds 

Statins don’t work well for half those who take them

April 17, 2019July 6, 2019 Zoë 2 Comments Alcohol, member, patients, smoking, statins

For those lovely people who support what I do, this will be my Monday note (22nd April). I’m sharing the

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Newsletter Public Health Surgery & Meds 

Statins in the over 75s

February 4, 2019April 28, 2021 Zoë 13 Comments CTSU, serious adverse effects, statins, type 2 diabetes

A rapid response was published in the BMJ here. Executive Summary – A study was published in The Lancet, which

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Heart Disease Newsletter Obesity Surgery & Meds 

A new miracle diet pill?

September 3, 2018September 3, 2018 Zoë 0 Comments heart disease, lorcaserin, medication, member, weight loss

We were still digesting ‘that (not) low-carb study’ when stories started to emerge from the European Society of Cardiology conference,

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Media Watch Surgery & Meds 

Painkillers make you deaf?

December 15, 2016August 6, 2018 Zoë 0 Comments aspirin, deafness, hearing loss, ibuprofen, painkillers, paracetemol

An article appeared in the press today (15 Dec 2016) “Women who take paracetamol and ibuprofen risk going DEAF –

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Cholesterol Conflicts of Interest Heart Disease Surgery & Meds 

Dear Professor Rory Collins

December 4, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë 3 Comments Cholesterol, conflict of interest, CTSU, rory collins

Following the publication of this paper in The Lancet , I wrote to Professor Rory Collins for his evidence. I have done

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Conflicts of Interest Media Watch Obesity Surgery & Meds 

Obesity Injection (Horizon prog)

June 8, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë 13 Comments diet injection, Horizon, low carb diet, obesity injection

The story On June 7th 2016 overweight and obese people were given a hope – a false hope – that

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Medications Mental Health Newsletter Surgery & Meds 

Paracetamol, Pain, Pleasure, Prozac and Weight

April 20, 2015August 18, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments anti-depressant, medications, member, pain, randomised control trial, SSRI, weight gain with medication

A couple of years ago, an active 60 something neighbour shared that she had been suffering chronic pain, but she

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