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, ...

* For decades, academic papers, popular articles and TV documentaries have condemned fat when they haven’t studied fat. * The Seven Countries Study (1956-1970) deemed cake and ice cream “sources of ...

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 ...

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

* A paper published in the Lancet broke the record for the number of emails in my inbox asking me to review a study. This was because the claim that meat is associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) makes ...

* Professor Christopher Gardner, who presided over the randomised controlled trials called DIETFITS and KETO-MED, is the senior researcher on the Twins Nutrition Study (TwiNS). * This study has been ...

* A paper generated global headlines that taking fish oil supplements might raise the risk of heart disease and strokes. * The paper used data from the UK Biobank study for over 400,000 people.

* A recent obesity Congress generated headlines about the 'weight loss jab' cutting heart disease. Two papers were referenced in a press release from the Congress – one has been published. * The ...

* This week's note looks at a paper about animal and vegetable protein intake and malnutrition in older adults. * The paper claimed that "Higher animal and, especially, vegetable protein intake were ...