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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. Diabetes & Insulin Resistance Type 2 diabetes is when insulin resistance reaches the point where blood sugar levels can no longer be kept in range. J Diabetes Investig. 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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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

Such support is provided by a number of government institutions and charities, including the Medical Research Council, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Department of Health and Social Care, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK and Wellcome. I don’t think so. I have read some utter bollocks in my life.