Category: Medical Observer

Newer oral contraceptives and the risk of venous thrombosis

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Mediterranean diets in type 2 diabetes

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Comment: Empirical evidence, not eminence, and certainly not dogma

The following is a comment/letter to the editor to the online article, “Some catalysts for debate on statins“, published in Medical Observer.  This article covered two somewhat opposing perspectives by Prof Kerryn Phelps, and Prof James Tatoulis to the controversial ABC Catalyst program on the role of lipids and statins on health.  The shorter online …

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Are statins effective for primary prevention in people with low cardiovascular risk?

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Is folate effective for methotrexate side effects?

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Does zinc reduce the symptoms of the common cold?

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