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Qrisk queries, NICE guidelines and statins

All this box ticking just makes me cross and I wouldn't take any notice at all except that at 72 yrs I automatically get a high risk, making me over the limit...

All this box ticking just makes me cross and I wouldn't take any notice at all e...

•9 years ago

Google is killin me

So yesterday i met with my dr. i did stress test in which i nearlt passed out at the end. But went 14 minutes. Blood pressure went up to 140/80 pulse got to...

So yesterday i met with my dr. i did stress test in which i nearlt passed out at...

•9 years ago

Slight enlargement of left atrium

So i am in the U.S. but i am 32 female 5'11 and 160lbs. I work out 6 days a week. I went to my cardiologist about 3 weeks ago. Has chest xray, normal, all...

So i am in the U.S. but i am 32 female 5'11 and 160lbs. I work out 6 days a wee...

•9 years ago

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I'm tired trying to get appointments when needing to see a doctor,sometimes it's over two weeks,it hazzle trying to book on the phone,like being in a boxing...

I'm tired trying to get appointments when needing to see a doctor,sometimes it's...

•9 years ago

Red Wine even better for you

I just read : Research conducted by the University of Alberta in Canada has found that health benefits in resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, are...

I just read : Research conducted by the University of Alberta in Canada has fou...

•9 years ago

Does anyone know anything about the Rox Coupier device for lowering blood pressure?

Just wondered as it sounds brilliant or is there a catch?

Just wondered as it sounds brilliant or is there a catch?

•9 years ago

HOW DO I KEEP FIT?

HI, I could do with some advice on keeping fit, I have a few heart problems but enjoy walking. I also suffer from ligament and joint problems and chronic...

HI, I could do with some advice on keeping fit, I have a few heart problems but ...

•9 years ago

A blood test to measure troponin, a protein released from the heart during a heart attack. £5 and £20.

A simple blood test costing around £5 could help doctors spot twice as many heart attacks in women, a study has claimed. The British Heath Foundation (BHF),...

A simple blood test costing around £5 could help doctors spot twice as many hear...

•9 years ago

Red yeast to cut cholesterol?

Please read the article in today's copy of mail, health section, by Doctor. Red yeast rice is used in Chinese medicine to lower cholesterol and can be bought...

Please read the article in today's copy of mail, health section, by Doctor. Red...

•9 years ago

5.5 you need statins??????

Hi All, I am astounded so please give me your thoughts. I have high Cholesterol 8.1, and refused to take statins untill I am given time to get it down by diet...

Hi All, I am astounded so please give me your thoughts. I have high Cholesterol ...

•9 years ago

high cholesterol

can high cholesterol cause headaches

can high cholesterol cause headaches

•9 years ago

loosing weight and bad cholesterol going up?

There is an explanation. Please read health section in the copy of the Mail toady. Read more:...

There is an explanation. Please read health section in the copy of the Mail toad...

•9 years ago

Help with my daily tablets

I take the following tablets daily. Clopidigrel, omega 3, multi vitamin, selenium , vanadium , magnesium, zinc , coq10, and Lipitor (statins) Can anyone...

I take the following tablets daily. Clopidigrel, omega 3, multi vitamin, seleniu...

•9 years ago

There is a lot of publicity being given to the wonders of porridge at present.

It can 'cure' high blood pressure, can lower high cholesterol and even lower blood glucose, though how it does that is rather a mystery because it is still...

It can 'cure' high blood pressure, can lower high cholesterol and even lower blo...

•9 years ago

Bergamet to lower cholesterol

Has anyone tried Bergamet to try and lower cholesterol without statins - it is expensive but if it works I would rather give it a try rather than go on statins...

Has anyone tried Bergamet to try and lower cholesterol without statins - it is e...

•9 years ago

What do you do between test and results?

So I've spent the holidays unmedicated and on a modified diet (lower carb mainly but a few other changes) and taking various supplements (as discussed in/under...

So I've spent the holidays unmedicated and on a modified diet (lower carb mainly...

•9 years ago

asprin and nq10 and statins

I had a cardiac stent 17 months ago and am taking 75 mg Aspirin as an antiplatelet medication and 20 mg Lipitor and was thinking of taking NQ 10 but i am...

I had a cardiac stent 17 months ago and am taking 75 mg Aspirin as an antiplate...

•9 years ago

Statins & Q10

Should one take Q10 if one is on statins as a matter of course? If so, what dosage?

Should one take Q10 if one is on statins as a matter of course? If so, what dosa...

•9 years ago