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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

At one point George Mann attempted to arrange a meeting of scientists who agreed that the diet-heart/cholesterol hypothesis was bunk. I believe you are right, and that the diet-heart hypothesis is wrong, but I cannot join you, for that would jeopardize my perks and funding. I don’t think so. I have read some utter bollocks in my life.