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August 29, 2022

Autoimmune disorders increase risk of cardiovascular disease

Autoimmune disorders are associated with a substantially higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease than individuals without autoimmune disease, according to a new, large epidemiological study....

August 28, 2020

Cholesterol drugs could cut health risk

Cholesterol drug combinations could cut health risk for European patients: More patients could benefit from combinations of cholesterol-lowering drugs to reduce their risk of stroke and heart...

March 20, 2019

New drug alternative to statins

A new class of oral cholesterol-lowering drug could help patients unable to take statins due to side effects, according to a study published recently in...

September 8, 2017

How to reduce your risk of breast cancer

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the UK and affects one in eight women during their lifetime. Risk factors include age...

September 7, 2017

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 men with high levels of...

September 25, 2016

Medicine of the future

Test to see if you’ll get statins side-effects – available 2020 Eight million people take statins in the UK, which help lower cholesterol and reduce...

April 27, 2016

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 sugar consumption leads to chronic...

April 13, 2016

Longing for a healthy heart?

Men and women of the future will be feeling the effects of age-related health problems later in life, according to the Office for National Statistics....