Lowering LDL
On 10th November, 2018, the American Heart Association (AHA) published new cholesterol guidelines (Ref 1). The document is on open
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Cholesterol
Fiber: a plausible mechanism?
Last week we looked at: what fiber is (indigestible carbohydrate); our requirement for fiber (none); the recommendations for fiber intake
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Fiber: An umbrella review
This week’s paper under review was published in March 2018. It was sent to me by someone curious to see
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Statins for children
I was particularly horrified by headlines last week e.g. “Up to 56,000 children may get statins, say scientists” (Ref 1).
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Evolocumab – NICE guidelines – a reply
On 17th May 2017, I received a reply to the letter set out in this post. “Dear Zoe Thank you
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Evolocumab – NICE guidelines
The Telegraph covered my findings here. This is a copy of an email, which I have just sent to the
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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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A red meat meta-analysis
On 28th November 2016, this article, “In Defence of Red Meat”, suggested that you should: “Ask for a meta-analysis of
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Dear Professor 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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Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)
While I was in South Africa, at the Professor Tim Noakes hearing, Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) came up both home and
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