Three revelations about statins
I posted last Monday’s note about National Cholesterol Month as a blog and it has already been shared more than
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A GPs view of mass medication
Following this story last week, I am delighted to say that we have a GP writing this week’s note to
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Polypharmacy – time to cut drugs!
On May 13th (2015), an excellent initiative was launched with an article in the BMJ. The authors were: Dr Aseem
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Paracetamol, Pain, Pleasure, Prozac and Weight
A couple of years ago, an active 60 something neighbour shared that she had been suffering chronic pain, but she
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And now for diet injections
Saturday’s Daily Mail had a front page advert for a Danish pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk. It wasn’t an advert placed
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Mass medication and the real choice to be made
Last week, a report by the Health and Social Care Information Centre was published. It was widely reported by the
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The Pill, Sugar and Scary Headlines
I hope you enjoyed the mid week dissection of the low fat dairy and diabetes headlines. I was genuinely shocked
Read moreSide-effect alert for all statin users
At last, new health warnings are to be issued about statins. Can you believe that more than 6m adults in
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