We break down the April 2023 interview with Dr Aseem Malhotra. <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/health/young-doctors-hit-by-flawed-nhs-984463">Manchester Evening News | Young doctors hit by 'flawed' NHS system</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinical-areas/mental-health-pain-and-addiction/nice-rules-alzheimers-slowing-drug-lecanemab-too-expensive-for-nhs/">Pulse | NICE rules Alzheimer’s-slowing drug lecanemab too expensive for NHS</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyxBsYi9iVg&amp;ab_channel=CambridgeUnion">This House Needs New Drugs | Cambridge Union</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8408767/">Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Against Hospitalization in the United States, 2019–2020</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2826553">Estimated Effectiveness of Influenza Vaccines in Preventing Secondary Infections in Households</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/flu-vaccine-prevented-around-100000-hospital-admissions">Flu vaccine prevented around 100,000 hospital admissions</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/covid19vaccineeffectivenessestimatedusingcensus2021variablesengland/31march2021to20march2022">ONS | COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness estimated using Census 2021 variables, England: 31 March 2021 to 20 March 2022</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom">Wikipedia | COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/health/aseem-malhotra-mother-died-early-vegetarian-diet-cause-263614">The i Paper | NHS cardiologist says mother’s vegetarian diet contributed to ‘premature and painful death’</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://pubpeer.com/publications/67E0F21A314339B377BB5DC412A4A8">PubPeer | Serious adverse events of special interest following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in randomized trials in adults</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2023/05/scicheck-covid-19-vaccine-benefits-outweigh-small-risks-contrary-to-flawed-claim-from-u-k-cardiologist/">COVID-19 Vaccine Benefits Outweigh Small Risks, Contrary to Flawed Claim From U.K. Cardiologist -</a> <a href="https://FactCheck.org">FactCheck.org</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/peer-review-fail-vaccine-publishes-antivax-propaganda/">Science Based Medicine | Peer review fail: Vaccine publishes antivax propaganda disguised as “reanalyses” of Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial data</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/covid-19-vaccines-never-promised-perfection-experts-say-its-time-to-curb-our-highest-expectations">COVID-19 vaccines never promised perfection. Experts say it’s time to curb our highest expectations | PBS News</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-covid-vaccine-shift-monovalent-bivalent-447335268816">Shift to updated COVID vaccine isn’t tied to safety concerns | AP News</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-023-07998-3#Sec13">RETRACTED ARTICLE: The role of social circle COVID-19 illness and vaccination experiences in COVID-19 vaccination decisions: an online survey of the United States population</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21067804/">Efficacy and safety of more intensive lowering of LDL cholesterol: a meta-analysis of data from 170,000 participants in 26 randomised trials</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/02/how-cholesterol-denialism-went-from-reasonable-skepticism-to-pseudoscience/">The Skeptic | How cholesterol denialism went from reasonable skepticism to pseudoscience</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f6340">BMJ | Saturated fat is not the major issue</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD011737/full">Cochrane | Reduction in saturated fat intake for cardiovascular disease</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i3283">BMJ | Impact of statin related media coverage on use of statins: interrupted time series analysis with UK primary care data</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://www.vox.com/2016/6/29/12057696/bmj-study-statins-media-influence-health">VOX | How bad reporting on statins may have led thousands to quit their meds</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.07.022">JACC Z Side Effect Patterns in a Crossover Trial of Statin, Placebo, and No Treatment</a>  </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/research/statin-side-effects">BHF | Side effects from statins could be all in the mind</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/research/hps">HPS: Heart Protection Study</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5960491/">Management of Statin Intolerance in 2018: Still More Questions Than Answers</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/0003-4819-158-7-201304020-00004">Discontinuation of Statins in Routine Care Settings: A Cohort Study</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.032479">Circulation | Genetics, Lifestyle, and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Young and Apparently Healthy Women</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/health-28602155">BMJ 'right' in statins claims row - BBC News</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27292972/">Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review</a> (Criticism: <a href="https://pubpeer.com/publications/EE6235919FD91A0E9E43C6D2C8910C)">https://pubpeer.com/publications/EE6235919FD91A0E9E43C6D2C8910C)</a> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <a href="https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/9/e007118">The effect of statins on average survival in randomised trials, an analysis of end point postponement</a>  </li> <li> <a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/news/articles/more-people-are-benefitting-from-nice-recommended-statins-to-reduce-heart-attacks-and-strokes">NICE | More people are benefitting from NICE-recommended statins to reduce heart attacks and strokes</a>  </li> </ul> Clips used under fair use from JRE show #1979 Listen to our other shows: <ul> <li> Cecil - <a href="https://www.dissonancepod.com/">Cognitive Dissonance</a> and <a href="https://www.citationpod.com/">Citation Needed</a> </li> <li> Marsh - <a href="https://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts/skeptics-with-a-k">Skeptics with a K</a> and <a href="https://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts/the-skeptic-podcast">The Skeptic Podcast</a> </li> </ul> Intro Credit - AlexGrohl:  <a href="https://www.patreon.com/alexgrohlmusic">https://www.patreon.com/alexgrohlmusic</a>  Outro Credit - Soulful Jam Tracks: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@soulfuljamtracks">https://www.youtube.com/@soulfuljamtracks</a>

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