The American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology (ACC) have released their 2013 Guidelines on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults. The new Guidelines have not been without controversy, and include welcome revisions of previous guidelines, but…
Year: 2013
Dr. Neville Wilson. Sept 2013. In the USA, Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia, with a prevalence of 1%-3% among persons 60 to 64 years of age, and in Taiwan, the prevalence was 2%-4% in the same age group in…
By Dr. Neville Wilson. ( 30 July 2013 ) The recent widespread media reports, implicating dietary omega-3 as a risk factor for prostate cancer in males, is likely to generate public concerns about the purported health and safety benefits of dietary oily fish or fish…
When consumed correctly, omega-3 oils can be hugely beneficial. But quantity is important as well as quality and not all products boasting omega-3 oils are really all that good for you. The last decade has witnessed an unprecedented growth in the public consumption of natural…
Dr. Neville S. Wilson –July, 2013. Does the Carnitine in red meat increase your chances of developing heart disease ? INTRODUCTION : Fearsome pronouncements about the health dangers of animal meat have once again hit world media headlines. A recently published medical article,…
by Dr. Neville Wilson. ( MODERN MEDICINE Vol 43, Number 2, 2013 – The Irish Journal of Clinical Medicine) Statins are inhibitors of the enzyme (HMG-CoA) reductase, which catalyses the rate limiting step in cholesterol formation, reducing total and low-density lipoprotein (LDL)…
Printed in the Irish Medical Times, Monday April 22 2013. By Dr. Neville Wilson The recent exposure of “junk food”, parading as healthy meals for hospitalized patients ( Irish Medical News 4 March 2013) is a disturbing revelation, raising serious questions about the standard…
Dr. Neville Wilson – 10 Feb 2013. According to a recent report in the British Medical Journal new research has revealed “previously hidden data” that saturated fats may , after all, be the kind of fats that, contrary to conventional wisdom, promote heart health and…
by Dr. Neville Wilson 30 Jan 2013 Tredaptive was introduced into the European drug market on 3rd July 2008, as a pharmaceutical formulation designed to treat certain forms of mixed dyslipidaemia in patients judged to be at risk of cardiovascular disease. On the basis of…
by DR. NEVILLE WILSON. PREAMBLE: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) remains the leading cause of death in the Western World. Yet, despite the documented decrease in cardiac-related mortality since the late 1960s, the incidence of CHD has not declined in recent years. (1) Data from EUROASPIRE…