The answer to that foolish question is certainly going to be “both.” But the finger pointing at the guilty party has wobbled around a good deal in the past few years, and just before Christmas, the American Heart Association came out with a set of dietary recommendations once again apparently putting at least some blame […]
This particular bit of news leaves your friend Doc Gumshoe shaking his head in puzzlement. To wit, in the US it is expected that there will be a substantial shortage of physicians in the upcoming years. The American Association of Medical Colleges predicts that this shortage may reach about 122,000 physicians by the year […]
Way back in April 2018, the World Health Organization issued its Thirteenth General Programme of Work, which attracted a certain amount of notice at the time, but was certainly not treated as front-page news. The GPW 13, as WHO called it, was centered on three ambitious targets – worthy, but in the view of […]
Frank Curzio’s latest ad for his Curzio Research Advisory newsletter ($79/yr) starts out with a pretty big promise… “There’s a one-in-three chance someone you know could be saved by this new device. “That’s because one in three Americans will die due to cardiovascular disease – the No.1 killer not only in America, but worldwide.” And […]
The Statin Guidelines: Looking at the Whole Cardiovascular Spectrum
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An interesting article fresh from the press of Lancet (1/11/2017) "Study unveils how stress may increase risk of hear...
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New paper vigorously doubting the cholesterol hypothesis of cardiovascular disease: Full text: http://bmjopen.bmj.com...
Interesting article on liver causing heart disease or cancer: A UCF College of Medicine researcher has identified for ...
$ARWR-Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals' Preclinical Candidate ARC-LPA Achieves 98% Knockdown and Long Duration of Effect after ...
Sorry link did not take. Celyad notifies the European Medicines Agency (EMA) of its intention to file a Marketing Aut...
Celyad initiates the certification by the EMA of the non-clinical data of C-Cure® Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium - Cely...
ABIO leveraging genetic targeting to better treatment of Cardiovascular Disease. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/arca-bio...
From Biotech Watcher (Alan Leong)As profiled in their recent announcement and conference call, Esperion’s ETC-1002 wa...
$ESPR This is the best part of the Esperion FDA feedback: "Based on feedback from the FDA, approval of ETC-1002 in ...
From Alan Hobbes re: $ESPR Esperion (ESPR) Dives 20% in Response to Lackluster Label for PCSK9 Drug Approval On Thurs...
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ABIO (mentioned Tiny BioTech) Lots of news accounting for uptick rNAPc2 Previously Demonstrated Post-Exposure Efficacy...
I just discovered that one can get free updates via email on almost all FDA topices at http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/Cont...
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Have been through Medical Wonderland since 1992 when I blew out half my parietal lobe with my first major stroke. My me...
Hmm. I didn't know what "unraveled" meant in "The study carried out at the University of Sydney in Australia unraveled ...
Science (in the form off independently funded randomised controlled trials with statistically significant results) tells...
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I am aware of all these "findings." Anatabine for rosacea? How is that relevant for cardiovascular disease? CRP, a glob...
Thanks for all the comments - can't reply in detail since we're off to Maine for a little vacation. BUT - re chelation...
I agree, Resveratrol is not necessarily the magic ingredient in wine. Small amounts of ethanol may be. You probably ...
Cholesterol lowering drugs are undoubtedly effective and here to stay but are not really getting at the root cause of c...