About 80 per cent of high-risk patients taking statins for cardiovascular disease still have high cholesterol and may need higher doses of the medication, a study finds. Researchers from Imperial College London analysed the findings of a major study of cardiovascular patients in 18 European countries including the UK. Those at the highest risk of … Read more
Doctors plea to give high-risk ethnic minority health workers PPE at all times amid alarming Covid-19 death rates among black and Asian NHS staff BIDA says staff must be protected, even when treating non-coronavirus patients Britons of black African heritage are three-and-a-half times more likely to die NHS England chief has since written to all trusts … Read more
HEALTH: Cycling: healthy or high-risk? By Dr Clare Bailey for You Magazine Published: 00:02 BST, 5 April 2020 | Updated: 00:02 BST, 5 April 2020 Over a ten-year study, cyclists suffered more injuries but fewer heart attacks I have a long-running dispute with my husband, Michael Mosley, about his cycling, which seems to me to … Read more