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Age of menopause, healthy lifestyle and cardiovascular disease in women: a prospective cohort study

Heart BMJ

Methods The Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study prospectively recruited participants aged ≥45 years (n=267 357) between 2005 and 2009 (New South Wales, Australia). Healthy lifestyle adherence was assessed using a score of five factors: smoking, physical activity, sitting, sleep and diet.

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

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

As far back as 2009, the long-time editor of the New England Journal of Medicine wrote these words. Try stating that Type II diabetes can be reversed with exercise and a low carbohydrate diet, and you are threatening a $200Bn market for diabetes medications. Primarily because new ideas threaten profit. So, good luck with that.

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Majority of People with Heart Disease Consume Too Much Sodium

DAIC

Elsie Kodjoe, MD milla1cf Tue, 04/02/2024 - 18:20 April 2, 2024 — Individuals with heart disease stand to gain the most from a low sodium diet but, on average, consume over twice the recommended daily sodium intake, according to a study being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session.

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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.

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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. SEARCH trial of simvastatin dose (1997-2010) Merck: £22.7M