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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. This discovery emphasizes the importance of managing cholesterol levels for cardiovascular health and preserving cognitive function as we age.

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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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New Guidelines on Peripheral Artery Disease Issued by American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Leading Medical Societies

DAIC

Risk factors for PAD include smoking; having Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease, atherosclerosis in other parts of the body (such as coronary artery disease); and being age 75 years or older. and are an important public health issue to be addressed,” said Gornik.

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Proposed Risk Factor Tool Finds Heart Failure Rates are Higher Among American Indian Adults

DAIC

and a researcher at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City. Martinez-Morata said multiple factors contribute to the development of Type 2 diabetes, including lifestyle elements, such as unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity, as well as exposure to environmental toxins like arsenic or lead.

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Finally – the end (of the trial process)

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

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. They needed to be crushed and humiliated in public, in one of the most widely read newspapers in the world.

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

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

“Richard Doll’s lifelong service to public health has saved millions of lives. Try publishing a paper suggesting that cholesterol lowering is a waste of time, when the market for cholesterol lowering drugs is worth hundreds of billions. Primarily because new ideas threaten profit. So, good luck with that.

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

DAIC

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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