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Ticked Off

Ticked Off

by Dr Joe | Aug 18, 2014 | Food, General Health, Health Policy, Heart Disease, Nutrition, Obesity, The Practice of Medicine

Here is something you are likely to have missed. The Canadian Heart And Stroke Foundation is ending its Heart Check program. This is the equivalent of the tick program in Australia where certain foods get a tick for being “healthy”. One small problem- many of them...
The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back

by Dr Joe | May 19, 2014 | ADHD, Children's Health, General Health, Health Policy, Heart Disease, Pharmaceuticals, The Practice of Medicine

In the Star Wars films there is a seesawing battle between the empire and the “rebels”. Through the initial three-film trilogy each side is in the ascendency at differing times. Whilst not a perfect analogy, it is interesting to apply this concept to battles in...
Cholesterol – The Plot Thickens

Cholesterol – The Plot Thickens

by Dr Joe | Nov 18, 2013 | Food, General Health, Health Policy, Heart Disease, Medical Tests, Nutrition, Obesity, Pharmaceuticals, The Practice of Medicine

A fortnight ago I wrote about how the role of cholesterol in heart disease was being challenged. There was also a challenge to the widespread prescribing of statin medications. And to cap it off we saw a near hysterical reaction of some health authorities to this. The...
Has It Been A Fat Lie?

Has It Been A Fat Lie?

by Dr Joe | Nov 4, 2013 | Food, General Health, Health Policy, Heart Disease, Medical Tests, Obesity, Pharmaceuticals, The Practice of Medicine, Weight Loss

One can tell a lot about how solid a scientific opinion is by the response to questioning. Genuine science is never settled. It is constantly questioning assumptions as new knowledge emerges. Dogma rejects questioning and seeks to harass those who dare pose questions....
Book Review: The Great Cholesterol Myth

Book Review: The Great Cholesterol Myth

by Dr Skeptic | Aug 23, 2013 | General Health, Heart Disease, Medical Tests, Pharmaceuticals, The Practice of Medicine

There is nothing I like more than finding out that something that has been widely believed for decades is wrong. The cholesterol myth fits the pattern of so many items in my blog: it sounds good, it superficially makes sense, and there is a biologically plausible...
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