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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. Presented by Pamela B.

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Abstract WMP21: Life's Essential 8 and Brain Health Clinical Outcomes in Middle-Aged Adults

Stroke Journal

Background:Mounting evidence points to a connection between cardiovascular risk during middle age and brain health later in life. The American Heart Association’s Life’s Essential 8 (LE8) constitute a research and public health construct capturing key determinants of cardiovascular health.

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Why Insulin Resistance Is The Biggest Silent Risk Factor For Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Understanding where you sit on this continuum is a key part of defining your future risk of heart disease but also dementia, and many cancers. Low HDL Cholesterol. The further along the line of insulin resistance you sit, the higher your risk of all the leading causes of death, including heart disease, dementia and many cancers 5.

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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.