Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Conflicts of Interest Medications 

JCVI conflicts of interest

February 17, 2022June 26, 2022 Zoë 9 Comments conflicts of interest, COVID-19, JCVI

Executive summary * On February 16th, 2022, the UK Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) issued a statement to

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Medications Newsletter Public Health 

Efficacy, NNT & Safety

December 13, 2021December 16, 2021 Zoë 9 Comments efficacy, member, number needed to treat

  Executive summary * Some people don’t feel comfortable with numbers, but numbers are vital for making informed health decisions.

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Medications Newsletter 

Semaglutide & weight loss

March 1, 2021March 2, 2021 Zoë 6 Comments drug companies, member, Obesity, type 2 diabetes

Executive Summary Please login to view this content Introduction An obesity drug remains one of the biggest opportunities for pharmaceutical

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Medications Newsletter Women's Health 

HRT & blood clots

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Zoë 4 Comments blood clots, HRT, member

Introduction Women in the UK woke up to scary headlines on January 10th 2019. The Daily Mail informed us that

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Medications Mental Health 

Antidepressants and weight gain

June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 Zoë 5 Comments anti-depressant, diabetes medication, member, weight gain, weight gain with medication

On 23rd May 2018, an article was published in the BMJ entitled “Antidepressant utilisation and incidence of weight gain during

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Medications Newsletter 

Statins: at what age?

August 21, 2017August 21, 2017 Zoë 7 Comments cardiovascular disease, Cholesterol, CVD, member, NICE, statin guidelines, statins

1st August 2017 would have been a confusing day for anyone reading all the UK papers. The Telegraph front page

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Cholesterol Medications 

Evolocumab – NICE guidelines – a reply

June 26, 2017January 13, 2018 Zoë 2 Comments Cholesterol, Evolocumab, heart disease, PCSK9 inhibitors, repatha

On 17th May 2017, I received a reply to the letter set out in this post. “Dear Zoe Thank you

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Cholesterol Medications Newsletter 

Evolocumab – NICE guidelines

April 10, 2017April 28, 2021 Zoë 2 Comments Cholesterol, Evolocumab, heart disease, PCSK9 inhibitors, repatha

The Telegraph covered my findings here. This is a copy of an email, which I have just sent to the

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Academic Research Cholesterol Heart Disease Medications Newsletter 

Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)

November 7, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë 87 Comments Cholesterol, familial hypercholesterolemia, FH, genetics, HDL, LDL, VLDL

While I was in South Africa, at the Professor Tim Noakes hearing, Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) came up both home and

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Cholesterol Heart Disease Medications Public Health 

CEBM – Centre for Evidentially Biased Medicine

November 6, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë 5 Comments CEBM, Cholesterol, dietary fat, dietary guidelines, rory collins, saturated fat

A friend pointed this post out to me, which I would not have seen otherwise, as this would not be a

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