Cholesterol and Statins
A couple of weeks back one of my blog posts highlighted a study from England in the UK which found that total cholesterol levels had no relationship with risk of death from heart disease. Moreover, higher cholesterol levels were associated with a reduced risk of stroke. Such findings obviously ask serious questions about the concept […]
Cholesterol and Statins
Earlier this year, the editors of the Archives of Internal Medicine in the US launched a series entitled ‘Less is More’ – essentially to highlight the overuse of investigations or treatments in medicine. One example they cited was the use of statins for people without known heart disease, saying that this practice has “known adverse […]
Brain and Behaviour
Why I’m letting the latest big debate in nutrition wash over me, why getting hungry is a disaster for healthy eating, and a new study finds gaping holes in the cholesterol hypothesis. For RSS feeds, click on http://www.podcastmachine.com/podcasts/8966 and then the ‘RSS feeds’ button to the right. For help regarding the playing, downloading and subscribing […]
Cholesterol and Statins
It’s ‘Cholesterol Week’ here in the UK. It’s been accompanied inevitably with a rash of stories about the perils of cholesterol and how we should be more aware of our cholesterol levels and do something about them if they’re raised. This will all no doubt help to swell the coffers of the drug and food […]
Cholesterol and Statins
Actuaries are individuals who use mathematics to assess, among other things, the financial impact of risk and uncertainty. Their critical analysis of data is an essential part of evaluating things like how much our we pay for our insurance premiums and what our pension contributions should be. I was recently made aware of a piece […]
Cholesterol and Statins
It’s easy to believe that statins have dramatic life-saving properties. The reality is, however, that for the majority of people who take them, they don’t. In the biggest and best review published to date, statins were not found to reduce overall risk of death in individuals with no previous history of cardiovascular disease [1]. What […]
Brain and Behaviour
The curious case of the advertorial for Flora pro.activ, vitamin D and diabetes, dealing with body images problems. For RSS feeds, click on http://www.podcastmachine.com/podcasts/8966 and then the ‘RSS feeds’ button to the right. For help regarding the playing, downloading and subscribing of the podcasts, click here.
Cholesterol and Statins
Have you heard the adage ‘don’t believe what you read’? In the area of health I believe this is generally good advice. Trawling through newspapers has convinced me that much of what is written about how best to manage our health is based more on science fiction rather than fact. I believe this applies as […]
Brain and Behaviour
Dehydration messes up brain function, high cholesterol associated with reduced risk of death from cardiovascular disease, and what Britain’s number 1 tennis player has to learn about nutrition from the World’s number 1. For RSS feeds, click on http://www.podcastmachine.com/podcasts/8966 and then the ‘RSS feeds’ button to the right. For help regarding the playing, downloading and […]
Cholesterol and Statins
We’re constantly reminded that having a ‘raised’ cholesterol level puts us in mortal danger of cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke. Several times I have covered evidence which strongly suggests that cholesterol is not the killer it’s made out to be. One major line of evidence here is the fact that reducing cholesterol […]