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Cholesterol’s Star Role in Dementia Prevention: New Insights from the 2024 Lancet Dementia Report 

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

The 2024 report from the Lancet Standing Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care brings promising developments for healthcare professionals and public health advocates. Key Takeaways: Up to 50% of all dementia cases could potentially be prevented or substantially delayed.

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Highlights from The National Lipid Association (NLA) Scientific Sessions 

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

View Article In Press. He highlighted that cardiovascular health is essential for cognitive health, noting the common occurrence of vascular dementia. Here are some notable highlights: 1.LOWER LOWER Registry 9-Year Data of Lomitapide in HoFH : Dr. James A. Updated Use of Lp(a) in Clinical Practice : Dr. Christie M.

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Beating the Odds: Inside the Tribe with a Near-Zero Rate of Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

As a side note, many Blue Zones are thought to be more a function of falsified or improper record keeping, but that’s an article for another day). Dementia Up to 40% of dementia cases could be prevented by focusing on modifiable risk factors 11. For the Tsimane tribe, dementia is rarely, if ever, an issue.

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10 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Heart Health

Dr. Paddy Barrett

What kind of diet should I eat? I have now written over 110 articles, and my initial nine newsletter subscribers have grown to over 20,000. For those who have optimised their cardiovascular risk, their future risk of dementia and many cancers is also likely to reduce. What should my blood pressure be? What is heart disease?

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The legal case – naming a few names

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

When the Mail on Sunday published their libelous articles about me on March 3 rd , 2019, I was expecting it. But it was entirely predictable what the main thrust of any article was going to be. At one point George Mann attempted to arrange a meeting of scientists who agreed that the diet-heart/cholesterol hypothesis was bunk.