People who take statins die more of things other than cancer
In the brilliant book Doctoring Data, Dr Malcolm Kendrick quotes Michael Baum, Professor Emeritus of surgery and visiting Professor of
Read MoreIn the brilliant book Doctoring Data, Dr Malcolm Kendrick quotes Michael Baum, Professor Emeritus of surgery and visiting Professor of
Read MoreOn May 13th (2015), an excellent initiative was launched with an article in the BMJ. The authors were: Dr Aseem
Read MoreA couple of years ago, an active 60 something neighbour shared that she had been suffering chronic pain, but she
Read MoreThe vast majority of comments I get on my blogs are about cholesterol and/or statins. I find myself saying the
Read MoreOn Tuesday 10th March 2015 a Cochrane study was published entitled “Hormone therapy for preventing [HRT] cardiovascular disease in post-menopausal
Read MoreLast week, a report by the Health and Social Care Information Centre was published. It was widely reported by the
Read MoreTwo very serious things happened last week – one in Australia and the other in the UK, although both are
Read MoreThis week’s note contains three letters. The first was sent to Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health on 17th
Read MoreLet’s start with a hypothetical conversation… Government: “We know that people with higher incomes are more at risk of being
Read MoreI hope you enjoyed the mid week dissection of the low fat dairy and diabetes headlines. I was genuinely shocked
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