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Clinical and public health recommendations regarding the ‘dangers’ of cholesterol should be revised. This is especially true for women, for whom moderately elevated cholesterol (by current standards) may prove to be not only harmless but even beneficial.
Is the use of cholesterol in mortality risk algorithms in clinical guidelines valid?
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to wake up at the controls of an aircraft would be a disaster for some pilot whose TGA retrograded him to a time before he even flew his first solo.
Duane Graveline MD MPH
Former USAF Flight Surgeon
Former NASA Astronaut
Retired Family Doctor
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…statin use was substantially higher in patients with type 2 diabetes and was associated with AR cataracts.
Associative evidence but may relate to sugar-damaged proteins. Glycation (AGE & RAGE) responses.
Age-related cataract is associated with type 2 diabetes and statin use.
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You guys want to know something really cool?
We store information in electrons, and electrons that store data have a higher level of energy than those that don’t. If you download a song, the number of electrons in your computer doesn’t change—they’re just more energetic, and therefore weigh more…
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The doctors prescribing the drugs don’t know they don’t do what they’re meant to. Nor do their patients. The manufacturers know full well, but they’re not telling.
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Epidemiological and clinical trial evidence suggests that omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) might have a significant role in the prevention of coronary heart disease. Dietary sources of omega-3 PUFA include fish oils rich in eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid along with plants rich in alpha-linolenic acid. Randomized clinical trials with fish oils (eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid) and alpha-linolenic acid have demonstrated reductions in risk that compare favorably with those seen in landmark secondary prevention trials with lipid-lowering drugs. Several mechanisms explaining the cardioprotective effect of omega-3 PUFAs have been suggested, including antiarrhythmic, hypolipidemic, and antithrombotic roles. Although official US guidelines for the dietary intake of omega-3 PUFAs are not available, several international guidelines have been published. Fish is an important source of omega-3 PUFAs in the US diet.
The fats of life: the role of omega-3 fatty acids in the prevention of coronary heart disease.
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By Dr Harold Gunatillake,Health Writer, FRCS, FACS (US), FIACS (US),
AM (SING), MBBS (Cey)
This is a million dollar question. The common belief for many years propagated and promoted by statin manufacturing American companies is now being disputed by some sections of the medical fraternity.
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Recent efforts by medical journal staffs to improve the quality of research papers have had mixed results. Examples are given to show that randomized, placebocontrolled trials are not free from bias and that the failure to include all-cause death rates can be extremely misleading, as can the use of relative risks in the absence of absolute risks. Other examples show how the conclusions in an abstract may not agree with the data in the body of the paper, or do not tell the whole truth. Still others use false surrogate endpoints or faulty trial protocols to favor a desired outcome. The whole picture may be seen as a breakdown of the peer-review system. – Joel M. Kauffman, Ph.D.
Bias in Recent Papers on Diets and Drugs in Peer-Reviewed Medical Journals
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On a free promotion on Sunday 23rd (Kindle Time!) Somebody by Liz Wainwright Roy and Eileen have won a holiday, a week at the Carnival in Nice, a second honeymoon – the only trouble is…. they split up six months ago. Original BBC Radio Production was directed by: Marion Nancarrow for BBC Radio 4 Drama. Broadcast 1998. Running Time: 55m Cast: EILEEN: Lynda Bellingham, ROY: David Ross
From the same playwright there is another free BBC Radio Drama script on Smashwords Mr’s Danby’s Destiny – Free Book. Original BBC Broadcast starred Lynda Baron – astrology themed black-comedy
You can find out more about Liz’s plays and novels at Liz’s web pages
Somebody by Liz wainwright – Free Promotion on Sunday 23rd September
Liz & Glyn Wainwright 