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High Total Cholesterol Levels Linked To A Reduced Risk Of Death 27 Aug 2013 | 02:54 pm
In the UK and Europe generally, it is recommended that levels of total cholesterol in the blood should not be above 5.0 mmol/l (about 190 mg/dl). We are given the impression that having levels above t...
More Evidence On Cholesterol’s Role In Healthy Brain Function 15 Aug 2013 | 05:14 pm
Although the current vogue is for us to put downward pressure on our cholesterol levels, there is at least some evidence that this actually poses hazards for health. For example, studies have linked c...
Ezetimibe – The Cholesterol-Lowering Drug With No Proven Health Benefits 9 Aug 2013 | 02:29 pm
Apart from cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, which have become the mainstream’s gold-standard for controling cholesterol levels, ezetimibe is another drug favoured by many doctors for the same purpos...
Do Stanols And Sterols Pose Hazards For Health? 31 Jul 2013 | 06:45 pm
One of my recent blogs focused on the cholesterol-lowering substances called plant stanols and sterols. These partially block absorption of cholesterol from the gut and therefore can reduce blood chol...
Are We Over-Treating Cholesterol 29 Jul 2013 | 03:42 pm
Medicine is supposed to be evidence-based, which means that the treatments we offer to patients should, ideally, have been proven to be in their best interests. But is this really how things are? Many...
Don’t Believe Everything You Read On Dietary Fats And Heart Health 19 Jul 2013 | 03:23 pm
I received a press release recently alerting me to the presence of the Fat Information Service which, among other things, claims to provide: “Access [to] reliable information about the role and benefi...
Debunking The Low-Fat-Cholesterol-Reducing Food Myth 10 Jul 2013 | 05:59 pm
Wander around your local supermarket and you will find a range of foods that are marketed using health claims including ‘low-fat’, ‘high in fibre’ and ‘zero cholesterol’. In recent years, we have seen...
Statins: Do The Right Patients Get The Right Treatment? 4 Jul 2013 | 08:56 pm
Statins reduce the risk of cardiovascular conditions such as heart attack and stroke. Their benefits are most obvious in those at greatest risk of cardiovascular disease. Back in 2007, the National In...
Statin Drugs: TV Advertising Linked To Rise In Unnecessary Prescriptions 27 Jun 2013 | 08:19 pm
I have been to the United States quite a few times, and one cultural difference (compared to the UK) that has smacked me in the face is the presence of television and other media advertisements for pr...
Mainstream Doctor Takes A Swipe At The Over-Prescription Of Statins 20 Jun 2013 | 06:26 pm
Statins have been in the news again… Des Spence is a general practitioner (family physician) based in the Glasgow, UK, who also writes a column in the British Medical Journal. While a conventionally-p...
