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Statins for heart disease prevention could be recommended for far fewer Americans if new risk equation is adopted

Science Daily - Heart Disease

JUNE 10, 2024

If national guidelines are revised to incorporate a new risk equation, about 40% fewer people could meet criteria for cholesterol-lowering statins to prevent heart disease.

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Why Waiting Until Age 50 To Address Risk Factors For Heart Disease Is Too Late.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

When you look at the risk of having a heart attack, it is true that the older you are, the greater the odds of having a heart attack 1. While only 1-2% of those having a heart attack are less than 65 years of age, 1-2% of this very large number means a LOT of heart attacks. So far, so good.

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Future Lp(a) Treatment Options

Dr. Paddy Barrett

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

An elevated Lp(a) is the most common genetic cholesterol disorder impacting 10-20% of the population. Everyone should have an Lp(a) blood test at least once, but this is an absolutely must-do test if you have an early family history of heart disease. Published online August 28, 2023. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Aug 3;78(5):421-433.

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Should You Take Ozempic To Lose Weight?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 16, 2024

What do you think would happen to someone's blood pressure, LDL cholesterol, or blood glucose if you were to evaluate what happens after you stop their blood pressure, cholesterol-lowering, or diabetes medication? 2023 Nov;29(11):2909-2918. 2023 Aug 10;389(6):514-526. 2023 Mar;31(3):703-715. The exact same thing.

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New Study Reveals 65 and Older Population Lowered Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Weight Using Mobile Technology

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APRIL 24, 2024

Eighty percent of heart attacks and strokes are preventable. partially because its key risk factor, high blood pressure, is a ‘silent killer,’ and most patients have no symptoms before their first heart attack or stroke. The monitor and app recorded blood pressure, heart rate, and the appearance of irregular heartbeat.

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Revolutionary Results: How Modern Weight Loss Medications are Changing the Game

Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The primary reason for managing risk factors is to reduce events, including heart attacks. Recent data has shown that these medications also reduce the incidence of major heart events by 20%, including heart attacks and cardiovascular death and also extend lifespan in those with a prior heart attack 4.

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Lowering Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events by Treating Residual Inflammatory Risk

DAIC

JANUARY 23, 2024

3 Patients with ASCVD are at a higher risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) including heart attack or myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and cardiovascular (CV) death.4 milligrams per liter (mg/L) are linked to increased risk of heart attacks or risk of a repeat heart attack.23 4 In the U.S.

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Agepha Pharma and Caristo Diagnostics Team Up to Fight Coronary Inflammation

DAIC

JANUARY 25, 2024

They will also selectively support clinical research involving the CaRi-Heart technology for coronary inflammation diagnostics and LODOCO 0.5 Caristo shares Agepha Pharma’s passion for fighting coronary inflammation, which is one of the primary drivers of heart attack risks,” said Frank Cheng , CEO of Caristo Diagnostics. “We

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Does Stress Cause Heart Disease?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

MAY 17, 2024

But What About Stress & Heart Disease? When stress is included in the risk factor profile for a future heart attack, it comes in third on the list after abnormal cholesterol and smoking 1. The link is real. For both acute and chronic stress. No real surprise there. Work Home General Financial Stressful Life Events.

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At What Age Should You Think About Assessing Your Risk For Heart Disease?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Controlling LDL cholesterol. Let's take a 42-year-old male with an LDL cholesterol of 5.1 mmol/l (197 mg/dl) with normal blood pressure who is a little overweight, does not smoke or have diabetes and has a family history of heart disease. How much would they benefit from going on a cholesterol lowering medication?

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Do Statins Cause Diabetes?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 29, 2023

Share JUPITER In 2008 a landmark paper was published showing that in people without cardiovascular disease and relatively normal LDL-cholesterol (<3.4 The reduced events included: 44% reduction in major heart events (Heart attacks, strokes, cardiovascular death etc.) 2023 May;37(3):101749. That risk is small.

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New Calculations Could Slash Statin-Eligible Population

CardiacWire

JUNE 12, 2024

In November 2023 the AHA launched the PREVENT risk equations , which take into account a wider range of cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic health measures to estimate 10- and 30-year risks of heart attack, stroke, and heart failure.

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What is wrong with the NHS? Part two.

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

OCTOBER 20, 2023

20th October 2023 (With lessons from, and for, all other health services around the world) The Quality and Outcomes Framework The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) was to be the glittering triumph of Evidence Based Medicine. People at risk of cardiovascular disease would have their cholesterol levels checked. The aim of all this?

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The “open data” movement runs aground on FOURIER

Dr. Anish Koka

JANUARY 18, 2023

Discovering discrepancies in a major published trial from the pharma-academic complex would be a boost to those seeking to force trial data to be public, and that is exactly what a group of investigators attempted to do with a major cholesterol lowering trial published in 2017. Cholesterol lowering is big business. billion dollars.

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If you have High LDL Cholesterol In Midlife This Is How You Should Think About It.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

JULY 12, 2024

If you have high LDL cholesterol and are unsure what that means for your risk of heart disease, this article is for you. Over the course of your lifetime, your LDL cholesterol will slowly increase. By midlife, the average male and female will see a significant rise in their LDL cholesterol. Heart attacks kill people.

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Finally – the end (of the trial process)

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

DECEMBER 5, 2024

In my opinion, or should I say ‘allegedly’ what actually happened here was that Barney Calman had heard from various cardiology experts that cholesterol and statin ‘deniers’ were causing people to stop taking their drugs. Sorry, I know the answer to that. What actually happened? Had Barney ever read any of it?

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FDA Approves Wegovy for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Adults with Known Heart Disease and Overweight or Obesity

DAIC

MARCH 8, 2024

Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has approved an additional indication for Wegovy ( semaglutide ) to reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events such as death, heart attack, or stroke in adults with known heart disease and with either obesity or overweight along with a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity.

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Best Supplements For Heart Health.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 20, 2024

A recent systematic review and meta-analysis examined a range of commonly used supplements and whether they improved cardiovascular risk factors like blood pressure and cardiovascular events such as heart attacks and stroke. Other supplements improved markers such as total cholesterol or triglycerides. 2023 Oct 24;10:1272837.

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The legal case – naming a few names

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

OCTOBER 30, 2024

I, Dr Malcolm Kendrick, with or without other co-conspirators, would be accused of spreading misinformation about cholesterol and statins. This misinformation would have resulted in many thousands of people giving up their medication and suffering heart attacks and strokes as a result. Why do these attacks happen?

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Statins for heart disease prevention could be recommended for far fewer Americans if new risk equation is adopted

Why Waiting Until Age 50 To Address Risk Factors For Heart Disease Is Too Late.

Future Lp(a) Treatment Options

Webinars

Should You Take Ozempic To Lose Weight?

New Study Reveals 65 and Older Population Lowered Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Weight Using Mobile Technology

Revolutionary Results: How Modern Weight Loss Medications are Changing the Game

Lowering Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events by Treating Residual Inflammatory Risk

Agepha Pharma and Caristo Diagnostics Team Up to Fight Coronary Inflammation

Does Stress Cause Heart Disease?

At What Age Should You Think About Assessing Your Risk For Heart Disease?

Do Statins Cause Diabetes?

New Calculations Could Slash Statin-Eligible Population

What is wrong with the NHS? Part two.

The “open data” movement runs aground on FOURIER

If you have High LDL Cholesterol In Midlife This Is How You Should Think About It.

Finally – the end (of the trial process)

FDA Approves Wegovy for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Adults with Known Heart Disease and Overweight or Obesity

Best Supplements For Heart Health.

The legal case – naming a few names

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