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2 Aug 2014: Articles containing mistaken fears over side effects of heart drugs did not need to be retracted, says independent panel -
18 Jul 2014: Kailash Chand: Nice’s advice is based on drug-company-sponsored trials. People at low risk of heart attacks are better off walking more and eating less processed food
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18 Jul 2014:
An estimated 4.5 million more people will be eligible for statins under new guidance, in addition to 13 million already eligible
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6 Jul 2014:
Editorial: Nature and the BMJ, like all serious scientific journals, rely on peer review to establish the authority of the papers they publish, and peer review, it appears, is less reliable than it sounds
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4 Jul 2014:
Lowering blood cholesterol levels may cut the chance of developing disease later in life, research suggests
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17 Jun 2014:
Letters: Prevention of avoidable diseases is starting to look like the only way to save the NHS from bankruptcy, but this requires the NHS to become a behavioural-change organisation that promotes certain lifestyles
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13 Jun 2014: Prof Sir Rory Collins says he has little confidence in British Medical Journal's inquiry into papers on side-effects of drugs
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10 Jun 2014:
Nice guidelines will 'medicalise' five million healthy people, says letter signed by Royal College of Physicians chief among others
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9 Jun 2014:
Researchers say they have shown that lycopene improves the function of blood vessels in cardiovascular disease patients
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30 May 2014: MHRA says evidence from clinical trials shows statins can save lives by reducing risk of heart attacks and need for surgery
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15 May 2014:
Collins says claims 18-20% of those on statins suffered side effects did 'disservice to British and international medicine'
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23 Mar 2014:
Malcolm Kendrick: The claims made for statins are overblown. They are not a cure for most of the major diseases afflicting western civilisation
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21 Mar 2014: Fundamental divide between doctors over ‘medicalising’ people who are not ill by giving them tablets to cut the risk of a heart attack or stroke
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21 Mar 2014: Prof Rory Collins accuses GPs of unjustifiable suspicion of cholesterol-reducing drugs, but is himself accused of 'fear-mongering'
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19 Mar 2014:
Peter Thompson: Statins may not be the miracle cure we keep looking for. But, just as when I was diagnosed, I believe science will be my salvation
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