Rebutting the cholesterol hypothesis
Executive summary * This note suggests a rapid rebuttal to the cholesterol hypothesis. * To get there, it goes through
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Cholesterol
Cholesterol & mortality – world graphs
Executive summary * This post shares my presentation, which was part of the Low Carb All Stars conference on the
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Statins – side effects or nocebo effect?
Executive summary * A study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in November 2020. * It involved
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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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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 * This week’s note looks at a classic paper from 2018 in an attempt to see if saturated
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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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