Last week myself and a number of eminent doctors ( with no financial ties to the drug industry) wrote to our health watchdog NICE copying in the Secretary of State for Health asking them to immediately withdraw approval of new cholesterol lowering injection drug Inclisiran. We cited 6 main concerns which you can read in full below but most importantly the drug has already been demonstrated in the drug industry’s own clinical trials to NOT prevent a single heart attack, stroke or death in short term trials and long term data will not be available until 2026. So why would NICE come out with such a recommendation?
Tag Archives: heart disease
Most People Taking Statins Get No Benefit
I am delighted to share that on Friday I was asked to go on GB News to discuss amongst other things the limited impact of statins in preventing heart disease.
Taking Action To Clean Up The Health Misinformation Mess
I’m delighted to share that I’ve been appointed as chair of registered charity The Public Health Collaboration.
Read more… Taking Action To Clean Up The Health Misinformation Mess
A better way to prevent and reverse heart disease without lowering cholesterol
After 10 years of deep intense research and experience of treating thousands of patients with heart disease I’m pleased to share my third book ‘A Statin Free Life’ is released this week. Yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph has featured a full page interview with me on it (see the full article below) I’ll be doing a more detailed explanation of why you shouldn’t fear cholesterol and help you decide on an individual level of whether a statin is right for you as well as a better way to beat heart disease over the next few weeks in blogs, videos and direct Q&A via zoom interactions. If that’s of interest to you please sign up & support my work by clicking on this Patreon link. https://www.patreon.com/doctoraseem
By Anna Maxted in The Sunday Telegraph
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Reversing heart diseases starts by stopping fear of cholesterol
Want to know why an exaggerated fear of cholesterol has made millions across the globe fatter and sicker and what you can do about it today?
Read more… Reversing heart diseases starts by stopping fear of cholesterol
Fat but fit myth busted
Today’s BBC News headlines confirmed what many of us already knew to be true, that it’s not possible to be fat and fit. Essentially if you’re obese but still have no risk factors for heart disease, just being significantly overweight in itself is harmful to health in the long term.
The truth on what really causes heart disease
Want to know the true cause of heart disease and what lifestyle measures you can do to reduce your risk?