Recent learnings about blood pressure & meds
Executive summary * This week’s note shares my recent learnings, which came from helping a friend to better understand blood
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Newsletter
Do fish oil supplements raise the risk of heart disease?
Executive summary * A paper generated global headlines that taking fish oil supplements might raise the risk of heart disease
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Is LCHF associated with CVD?
Executive summary * A study was published in March 2024, which claimed that “After 11.8 years, 9.8% of LCHF [low
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Semaglutide & heart disease
Executive summary * A recent obesity Congress generated headlines about the ‘weight loss jab’ cutting heart disease. Two papers were
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The perfect English patient
Executive summary * The UK has been using a scheme called the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) since 2004 (with
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Can plants stop prostate cancer progressing?
Executive Summary * Recent headlines claimed that a diet rich in fruit, vegetables and nuts can HALVE odds of prostate
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NHS weight loss programme: the results are in
Executive Summary * The first widely available NHS digital weight loss programme was launched in England in April 2021. Six
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How I approached a paper on protein
Executive summary * This week’s note looks at a paper about animal and vegetable protein intake and malnutrition in older
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Prostate cancer – to screen or not to screen
Executive summary * A paper has just been published with updated results for the CAP trial. * The CAP trial
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Top 10 blockbuster drugs
Introduction I recently needed to look up how much the main statin, Lipitor, had earned during its lifetime. This led
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