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Does Stress Cause Heart Disease?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

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. Sudden heart failure has been well described after the death of a loved one and is known as Takatubo Cardiomyopathy after the shape of a Japanese octopus fishing pot. The link is real.

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Drug regulation – How does it work?

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

Think of it as the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. This is a cholesterol lowering injectable drug, known as a PCSK9-Inhibitor. They all lower cholesterol (LDL) more than statins – hooray (or perhaps not). Cholesterol lowering is what the NHS now does. The truth is that was plucked from thin air. And nothing else!