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14 Ways To Prevent Dementia

Dr. Paddy Barrett

The 14 Factors Include: Hearing Loss High LDL cholesterol Less Education Traumatic Brain Injury Depression Social Isolation Hypertension Obesity Smoking Excess Alcohol Diabetes Physical Inactivity Air Pollution Visual Loss Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the Lancet standing Commission When You Intervene Matters.

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Do Statins Cause Diabetes?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Share JUPITER In 2008 a landmark paper was published showing that in people without cardiovascular disease and relatively normal LDL-cholesterol (<3.4 Because of the increased risk, I am also quicker to introduce non-statin-based cholesterol-lowering agents such as ezetimibe, bempedoic acid, PCSK9 inhibitors or inclisiran when available.

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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.