#0024 - Aseem Malhotra

We break down the April 2023 interview with Dr Aseem Malhotra.

• Manchester Evening News | Young doctors hit by 'flawed' NHS system 

• Pulse | NICE rules Alzheimer’s-slowing drug lecanemab too expensive for NHS 

• This House Needs New Drugs | Cambridge Union

• Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Hospitalization in the United States, 2019–2020 

• Estimated Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccines in Preventing Secondary Infections in Households 

• Flu vaccine prevented around 100,000 hospital admissions 

• ONS | COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness estimated using Census 2021 variables, England: 31 March 2021 to 20 March 2022 

• Wikipedia | COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom 

• The i Paper | NHS cardiologist says mother’s vegetarian diet contributed to ‘premature and painful death’ 

• PubPeer | Serious adverse events of special interest following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in randomized trials in adults 

• COVID-19 Vaccine Benefits Outweigh Small Risks, Contrary to Flawed Claim From U.K. Cardiologist - FactCheck.org 

• Science Based Medicine | Peer review fail: Vaccine publishes antivax propaganda disguised as “reanalyses” of Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial data 

• COVID-19 vaccines never promised perfection. Experts say it’s time to curb our highest expectations | PBS News

• Shift to updated COVID vaccine isn’t tied to safety concerns | AP News 

• RETRACTED ARTICLE: The role of social circle COVID-19 illness and vaccination experiences in COVID-19 vaccination decisions: an online survey of the United States population 

• Efficacy and safety of more intensive lowering of LDL cholesterol: a meta-analysis of data from 170,000 participants in 26 randomised trials 

• The Skeptic | How cholesterol denialism went from reasonable skepticism to pseudoscience 

• BMJ | Saturated fat is not the major issue 

• Cochrane | Reduction in saturated fat intake for cardiovascular disease 

• BMJ | Impact of statin related media coverage on use of statins: interrupted time series analysis with UK primary care data 

• VOX | How bad reporting on statins may have led thousands to quit their meds 

• JACC Z Side Effect Patterns in a Crossover Trial of Statin, Placebo, and No Treatment 

• BHF | Side effects from statins could be all in the mind 

• HPS: Heart Protection Study 

• Management of Statin Intolerance in 2018: Still More Questions Than Answers 

• Discontinuation of Statins in Routine Care Settings: A Cohort Study 

• Circulation | Genetics, Lifestyle, and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Young and Apparently Healthy Women 

• BMJ 'right' in statins claims row - BBC News

• Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review (Criticism: https://pubpeer.com/publications/EE6235919FD91A0E9E43C6D2C8910C)

• The effect of statins on average survival in randomised trials, an analysis of end point postponement 

• NICE | More people are benefitting from NICE-recommended statins to reduce heart attacks and strokes 

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