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14 Ways To Prevent Dementia

Dr. Paddy Barrett

More than heart disease or cancer, the risk of dementia often creates much greater anxiety in the patients I see. High LDL Cholesterol. This has now increased to 45%, and most of that increase has been driven by the addition of high LDL cholesterol as a modifiable risk factor for dementia. But can dementia be prevented?

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How To Test For Insulin Resistance

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Insulin resistance is a core risk factor for the three leading causes of death: Cardiovascular Disease Cancer Dementia. BMC Endow Disorders 2009 The issue with using waist circumference to identify insulin resistance is that it likely only flags it as an issue when things have progressed very far. 2009 Jan 12;9:1. 2018.0105.

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Association of Cardiovascular Health Metrics and Mortality Among Individuals With and Without Cancer

Journal of the American Heart Association

For each participant, American Heart Association Life's Essential 8 cardiovascular health metrics of health behaviors (diet, physical activity, nicotine exposure, and sleep) and health factors (body mass index, non–high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, blood glucose, and blood pressure) were obtained. 0.79];P=0.001). 0.79];P=0.001).

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What is corruption – and why does it matter so much?

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

This is the man who, along with Bradford Hill, proved that smoking causes lung cancer. This was for a review which cleared vinyl chloride of causing cancer – of any kind. This review was then used to defend the use of this chemical – now well recognised to be a cancer-causing agent – for over a decade.

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The legal case – naming a few names

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

I, Dr Malcolm Kendrick, with or without other co-conspirators, would be accused of spreading misinformation about cholesterol and statins. The hypothesis that a raised cholesterol level causes heart disease [atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD)] is possibly the single most powerful idea in medicine. With thousands dying.