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I write a weekly blog for members, on a wide range of topics around health and the heart. Non-members can explore the topics below to see what I write on a week by week basis. If you'd like to join, click here to find out more.
Beyond Statins: How Cholesterol Care Evolved in Ten Years
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Read more »Blog mini series – a decade in Cardiology part 1
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Read more »Reflections
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Read more »The Japanese experience
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Read more »New 2025 cholesterol guidelines
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Read more »I wasn’t expecting that
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Read more »Cheese: friend or foe?
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Read more »A nice glass of red
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Read more »Rest in peace
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Read more »The athletic paradox
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Read more »The youngest patient on the ward
I visited my mum in her dementia care home last weekend, and the best word I think to describe it is sad. Sad that she is living out the very thing she always said she did not want. Sad that she didn’t know who I was (although recognised a friendly face). Sad that she did […]
Read more »The power of good decisions
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Read more »Getting out of my comfort zone
A month or so ago I received an email asking if I would give a talk at a conference. The request was from the British Society for Heart Failure (which is the specialist society for this in the UK) and so I was flattered to be asked. I was also a bit nervous. I’m quite […]
Read more »Personalised medicine
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Read more »A very rare finding of a very common test
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Read more »The polypill
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Read more »One of my pet peeves
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Read more »What has viagra got to do with the heart?
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Read more »I don’t want good i want excellent
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Read more »Weight loss ‘wonder drugs’
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Read more »I should know better
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Read more »Festive season approaching
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Read more »Inspirational people
One of our members wrote in with an important point this week. She is 77 and trains twice each week, and wanted to know why the exercise advice petered out for the >60s. She felt ladies >60 may feel it isn’t relevant or important to them. Receiving feedback like this is great for many reasons. […]
Read more »Give me strength
Women typically have higher baseline calorie needs per kg of body weight than men, and much of this is due to the need to regulate hormone levels. I wrote last week about the need to fuel appropriately, and part of the reason for this is to avoid endocrine (hormone) dysfunction. When I speak to patients […]
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