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Low Carbohydrate diets, Weight management, Type 2 diabetes and Dyslipidaemia
Is there such a thing as Healthy Diwali?
Diwali is a very special day for millions of Indians living all over the world. No diwali celebration is complete without the platefuls of burfi, besan, laddoo, halwa etc. The vast array of traditional sweets means the festival of lights might almost be called the festival of mithai!
A Big Thank you to the Diss Young Farmers
National Cholesterol Month
The Ultimate Cholesterol-Lowering Dietary Plan – New Scientific Review
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Child screening for cholesterol to find FH
A story featuring HEART UK's call to screen children at an early age along with the McKenzie family from Cornwall was a major feature in the Mail on Sunday on 6th October 2019. Read the full story here.
Non-HDL cholesterol should not generally replace LDL cholesterol in the management of hyperlipidaemia
Recently non-HDL cholesterol has been recommended to replace LDL cholesterol in the clinical management of dyslipidaemia routinely in general medical practice. The authors claim this is misguided.
Enablers and barriers to treatment adherence in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: a qualitative evidence synthesis
Research suggests adherence to lifelong pharmacological and lifestyle treatment by people with FH is poor. This study explores the qualitative research to identify enablers and barriers to treatment adherence.