Statins don’t work well for half those who take them
For those lovely people who support what I do, this will be my Monday note (22nd April). I’m sharing the
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smoking
Heart Disease: genes vs. lifestyle
Many thanks to Jerome Burne for alerting me to this one. Jerome sent me a paper to take a look
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The Bradford Hill Criteria
At the end of last week’s look at HRT and breast cancer, I promised that I would look at “The
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The computer says “take statins”!
The shock story of last week broke on 11th May (2016). The UK GP magazine, Pulse, reported that The Medicines
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The five healthy behaviours that we don’t do
This week’s story did not come from the newspapers, but it would make a great story. I have just sent
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Heart disease – the facts
In all my life, I have personally known one person who has died from heart disease (a hereditary heart condition).
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Statins and Strokes & disgraceful headlines
On Saturday 12th October 2013 I thought that the Daily Express front page had been mixed up with the Daily
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Can Atkins diet raise heart attack risk for women?
So screamed the headlines on Wednesday 27th June 2012. This was the full article in the BMJ, which was behind
Read moreEggs & Prostate Cancer
Yet another story came out over the past few days trying to demonise a real food. The Daily Mail ran
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