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blood tests

"Always get a copy of your blood test results"

October 27, 2019November 11, 2017 by Afifah Hamilton

Read Time: 8 min Even if they tell you “everything was normal” insist on having a copy. Here’s why your health may depend on it…

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Categories Rants Tags B12 testing weaknesses, Bad Medicine, blood tests, cholesterol, eGFR, kidney disease, Short

Cholesterol and CVD – How reliable are the risk calculators?

October 27, 2019October 22, 2017 by Keir Watson

Read Time: 7 min The SCORE (Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation) model for predicting CVD deaths can over-estimate risk by 500%.

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Categories Nutrition Tags absolute risk, Article, blood tests, cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, diet-heart hypothesis, relative risk, risk factors, statins

Cholesterol and CVD – putting the risks into perspective

October 27, 2019October 14, 2017 by Keir Watson

Read Time: 11 min These six words — “Heart disease risk”, “raised cholesterol”, “Statins” — are guaranteed to strike fear into almost anyone who has been unfortunate enough to be …

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Categories Nutrition Tags absolute risk, Article, blood tests, cardiovascular disease, cholesterol, diet-heart hypothesis, lipoprotein, oxidised LDL, relative risk, risk factors

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