The 16 days of pain that opened my heart and changed my life forever
Sharon grew up aware that her heart looked and sounded a bit different. She had to be extra cautious when it came to sore throats and dental work.
Cholesterol
OMG! Denver’s Diet Doctor on cholesterol and statins insanity
Back home in the US Dr Jeffrey Gerber, Denver’s Diet Doctor, focuses on the heart health of his patients. He has firm views on why lowering cholesterol is not always smart.
Tim Noakes to critics: Let’s take off our shirts and compare
Right now South Africa can’t get enough of Tim Noakes. The sports scientist expanded his nutrition work on super athletes to himself and after years of confusion reached some very definite conclusions. But what he now recommends has been hotly countered by vested interests – turning the previously popular professor into persona non grata in … Read more
Tim Noakes: why his ‘real meal revolution’ dishes up a good view of heart disease, cholesterol and fat
University of Cape Town sports scientist Prof Tim Noakes proves many things, including that there’s no use having a mind if you can’t change it. Change it he did in spectacular fashion a few  years ago, over the role of cholesterol and saturated fat in heart disease. He  says they are not the heart-health demons … Read more
Statins – more calls for wider use despite research showing ‘absence of evidence of overall benefit’
There’s something about statins that makes even the most intelligent doctor say silly things – such as that everyone over 40 should take them, even that children should be given them. Statins  have a reputation as  ‘wonder drugs’ for prevention of deaths from cardiovascular disease. The real wonder is how these drugs have become the … Read more