* Dietary goals for Americans were first published in 1977. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans were first published in 1980 and are revised every five years. The two key guidelines that have most ...

This is the final of three articles looking at the statin trials that have been conducted and the pooling together of those trials with the technique called meta-analysis. The Clinical Trial Service ...

* This week's note looks at a classic statin/heart-disease study from 1994 – the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (abbreviated to 4S). * Simvastatin was made by Merck & Co. Merck funded, ...

* This note examines two research questions with original references of the time: i) How was any connection between cholesterol and heart disease first made? ii) Does eating cholesterol raise blood ...

* Loma Linda University has studied Seventh Day Adventists (SDAs) over many decades. * A recent paper using data from the Adventists Health Study 2 (AHS-2) examined associations between vegetarian vs ...

This is the second of a two-part note, which covers: * What are GLP-1 receptor agonists? * Which were the first GLP-1s approved for type 2 diabetes (T2D)? When were they approved? Who makes them? Are ...

During the recent update of our zoeharcombe.com web site we reviewed the hundreds of articles to assign them the best category and tag matches for optimal searching. I also chose my favourite articles ...

* An unusual and clever study has been published using healthcare data from Wales. * Wales introduced a shingles vaccine policy that had an absolute cut-off date. People born before 2 September 1933 ...

* Last week's note reviewed a Korean population study, which led to headlines such as "Taking statins could slash dementia risk." The claims were not robust. * This week's note reports findings from a ...

We’re kicking off with a review of last year. This was the year of the verdict in Harcombe/Kendrick vs Associated Newspapers and a number of posts covered the case – especially following the key ...

* This week’s note contains a podcast with Hannah Sutter and research about ketogenic diets for epilepsy. Hannah is particularly interested in (and provides food for) the ketogenic diet for epilepsy – ...

This is the 700th Monday note. In this landmark post, I share the key things that I have learned over the past 14 years: ...