Cholesterol
NHS to raise statin dosage in bid to slash cholesterol
Health
Sarah Carter
Two million people will be advised to boost their statin dose in order to slash their cholesterol levels under new NHS targets. ...
Heart experts ‘at war’ with GPs over lifesaving jab that can help 300,000 Britons such as Mariella Frostrup by cutting ‘bad’ cholesterol by 50 per cent
Technology
Laura Adams
Only 20,000 patients have been offered the lifechanging injection The twice-yearly jab slashes the level of so-called ‘bad’ cholesterol by 50% A ...
Daily statins taken by millions could be replaced by remarkable new gene therapy that cuts ‘bad’ cholesterol by up to 50% with a SINGLE dose, scientists claim as they hail ‘brave new world’ of heart treatment
Business
Robert Johnson
Statin use could be replaced ‘within the decade’ by gene-editing Verve-101 drug Drug alters DNA inside cholesterol-regulating cells to shut down production ...
The takeaways doctors want to cancel – and what to order instead
Health
Sarah Carter
“Salt for example, can increase blood pressure. A lot of takeaway food also contains high levels of refined carbohydrate, such as white ...
