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Do Statins Cause Dementia?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

I am going to start with the answer to the question of whether statins cause dementia and then provide the details backing up my answer. Statins do not cause dementia. But if you are someone who thinks that statins do cause dementia and you need to see the evidence to refute that claim, then read on. The answer is: No.

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APOE4 & Cardiovascular Risk

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Being a carrier of the APOE4 gene variant is associated with higher rates of the most common type of dementia, late-onset dementia. Of those with late-onset dementia, up to 65% are carriers of the APOE4 gene variant 1. Of those with late-onset dementia, up to 65% are carriers of the APOE4 gene variant 1. What to do?

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The legal case – naming a few names

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

(2022-25) Swiss Reinsurance Company: £645K China Kadoorie Biobank (2002-ongoing) AstraZeneca: $300K Bayer AG: £300K GlaxoSmithKline: £3.6M Elinogrel feasibility trial (2010-2011) Novartis: £500K EMPA-KIDNEY (2017-ongoing) Boehringer Ingelheim: £106.3M Establishing Fuwai-Oxford research centre (2010-ongoing) Merck: £1.1M