Autoimmune disorders increase risk of cardiovascular disease
Autoimmune disorders are associated with a substantially higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease than individuals without autoimmune disease, according to…
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Cholesterol drugs could cut health risk
Cholesterol drug combinations could cut health risk for European patients: More patients could benefit from combinations of cholesterol-lowering drugs to reduce their…
New drug alternative to statins
A new class of oral cholesterol-lowering drug could help patients unable to take statins due to side effects, according to…
How to reduce your risk of breast cancer
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the UK and affects one in eight women during their…
Statins reduce deaths from heart disease
Statins reduce deaths from coronary heart disease by 28 per cent in men, according to the longest-ever study focusing on…
Medicine of the future
Test to see if you’ll get statins side-effects – available 2020 Eight million people take statins in the UK, which…
Free speech vital in statin debate
I recently returned from a whistle-stop tour of Australia where I gave a series of public lectures arguing that excess…
Longing for a healthy heart?
Men and women of the future will be feeling the effects of age-related health problems later in life, according to…