Cholesterol and CVD – How reliable are the risk calculators?
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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Cholesterol and CVD – putting the risks into perspective
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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Raw milk risks – putting them in perspective
Read Time: 11 min So straight up: there are risks of consuming raw milk. Lets not pretend otherwise. Raw milk may contain pathogens which can cause pretty unpleasant infections including Salmonella and …