Cholesterol & PCSK9s – the lower the better?
Executive Summary Please login to view this content Introduction This week’s study was emailed to me by the senior author,
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Cholesterol
Statins in the over 75s
Executive Summary * Headlines in July 2020 reported that “A study of over-75s found that those taking statins were 25
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Coconut oil, olive oil, butter & LDL-cholesterol
Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction One of my favourite parts of one of my favourite books
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Dear British Heart Foundation
Dr David Diamond gave a presentation in California in February 2020. David quoted a statement made by the British Heart
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The British Heart Foundation and Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction I’ve had the pleasure of hearing Dr David Diamond present three
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Inclisiran – new ‘cholesterol-busting jab’
Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction This is the third note in a row about cholesterol, but
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LDL-Cholesterol targets following ischemic stroke
Executive summary * A study was published in the NEMJ in January 2020. It reported on a clinical trial where
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Higher LDL-cholesterol & lower mortality
Executive summary Please login to view this content Introduction Many thanks to Dr Malcolm Kendrick for this week’s topic. Malcolm
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The relationships between heart disease, cholesterol & dietary fat in Europe
In this post we are looking at some interesting findings from the latest European Cardiovascular Disease Statistics (2017). Let’s start
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Keys, cholesterol and rabbits
The following quotation, attributed to Ancel Keys, has been repeated quite often, but with the source for it not always
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