Christmas feasting a heart attack risk
We all like to over indulge at Christmas and most of us can get away with feasting on delicious turkey,…
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Statins reduce deaths from heart disease
Statins reduce deaths from coronary heart disease by 28 per cent in men, according to the longest-ever study focusing on…
Your Health: Familial Hypercholesterolemia with Stanford Cardiologist Joshua Knowles, MD, PhD
Stanford cardiologist Joshua Knowles, MD, explains familial hypercholesterolemia, a genetically inherited disease that causes the body's inability to clear high…
Cholesterol levels like a new-born baby
New therapies now exist that can lower bad cholesterol levels to those of a 'new born baby', but up until…
What’s so super about avocados?
The avocado rose, delicious served on toast with a screw of black pepper and lemon juice, is the latest and prettiest…
One Minute Medical School: Herd Immunity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brNscgAG3Nc&feature=em-share_video_user Dr. Rob Tarzwell, a Clinical Assistant Professor on the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia recently…
Free speech vital in statin debate
I recently returned from a whistle-stop tour of Australia where I gave a series of public lectures arguing that excess…
Why are blueberries good for you?
When it comes to a superfood, you don’t get much more super than blueberries. The little blue fruits, also known…
Okinawa – the secrets of longevity
Residents of the Japanese island of Okinawa have long enjoyed one of the longest life expectancies in the world. As…
Amazing cacti
They may be prickly to the touch and bitter to the taste, but cacti, and other spiky desert plants, have…