It’s the slippery argument that’s divided researchers for decades – is butter or margarine better for our health? But just when we thought we had the answer – that saturated fats like those found in butter aren’t bad for us as previously thought – another study comes along to suggest the opposite. Here we try to unpick the debate.
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One can of fizzy drink daily ‘can increase heart attack risk by a third’
Major US research suggests a fizzy drink a day is enough to raise the risk of heart attacks by one third, while significantly raising the chance of type two diabetes and stroke.
Read more… One can of fizzy drink daily ‘can increase heart attack risk by a third’
Most hospitals aren’t ready for Jeremy Hunt’s disastrous NHS reforms for Junior Doctors
The majority of hospitals have made no plans to factor in Jeremy Hunt’s major changes to the NHS which will see seven day care and huge changes to Junior Doctor conditions.
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Made the top ten list of 1 000 Most Influential for 2014 in the London Evening Standard’s Super Smart Set, as well as their list of 1 000 Power List for 2015
Aseem Malhotra, Science Director, Action on Sugar.
Dr Aseem speaks at the University of Reading
Choosing wisely to wind back the harms of too much medicine – Dr Aseem Malhotra, consultant clinical associate to the Academy of Royal Medical Colleges.
Dr Aseem Malhotra was invited to speak in parliament
Dr Aseem Malhotra was invited to speak in parliament on sugar on Monday 7th September.
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‘Patients views should be put first when it comes to statins’
In an editorial, a group of doctors call for “shared decision making” with patients about whether or not to take statins.
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NHS is ‘wasting millions on pointless ops for heart attacks and strokes’ – and should instead tell people to quit smoking and lose weight
- Too many invasive ops, not proven to actually save lives, are being done
- Overall, unnecessary treatments cost the NHS at least £2.4 billion a year
- Cardiologists say the focus should be on prevention rather than cure
- Public must be encouraged to diet, exercise and quit smoking, they say
Challenging treatment thresholds
James McCormack PharmD, Aseem Malhotra MRCP and David Newman MD
National organisations such as NICE or American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) regularly release cardiovascular disease (CVD) guidelines that recommend lifestyle and medication interventions along with treatment thresholds based either on risk factors or calculated CVD risks. The release of these recommendations predictably leads to intense debate from healthcare organisations, government, industry, and clinicians on whether or not the recommendations are reasonable. At one extreme the recommendations are typically pilloried as being sufficiently weak to cost lives, while others insist the guidelines have threatened public health through over-medication.
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