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I write a weekly blog for members, on a wide range of topics around health and the heart. Non-members can explore the topics below to see what I write on a week by week basis. If you'd like to join, click here to find out more.
A decade in heart health part 3 – heart failure
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Read more »Heart Risk: Nature, Nurture, or Both?
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Read more »Beyond Statins: How Cholesterol Care Evolved in Ten Years
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Read more »Blog mini series – a decade in Cardiology part 1
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Read more »Reflections
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Read more »The Japanese experience
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Read more »New 2025 cholesterol guidelines
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Read more »First do no harm
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Read more »European Society of Cardiology 2025
It’s the last week of the summer holidays, which for me means the European Society of Cardiology meeting (and also my wife’s celebration that our children go back to school this week!). Why it runs over a weekend is anyone’s guess, but so be it. This year it is in Madrid, and I’m actually writing […]
Read more »Stroke risks and beetroot
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Read more »Been there, done that, got the T-shirt (unfortunately)
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Read more »RIP Ozzy
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Read more »Time for me to walk the walk
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Read more »I wasn’t expecting that
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Read more »Cheese: friend or foe?
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Read more »A nice glass of red
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Read more »Rest in peace
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Read more »The athletic paradox
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Read more »The youngest patient on the ward
I visited my mum in her dementia care home last weekend, and the best word I think to describe it is sad. Sad that she is living out the very thing she always said she did not want. Sad that she didn’t know who I was (although recognised a friendly face). Sad that she did […]
Read more »The power of good decisions
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Read more »Patient power
I am lucky that I experience job satisfaction relatively frequently in my role. Yes there are many aspects that are rather tedious and administrative, but often I’m reminded what a privileged position I am in to be able to help others with something as important as their health. Is there anything more important in fact […]
Read more »Keto-diet trial & heart disease
this week’s research video I found particularly thought provoking, and triggering! You may have seen online results of a trial evaluating keto diets. I get asked about these diets not-infrequently. My first take away (and if you remember nothing else remember this – anyone saying ‘this is the best diet and everything else is inferior’ […]
Read more »How to exercise if you have a heart condition
A question I often get asked, is whether it is safe to exercise with a heart condition. Almost always, the answer is yes, and more often than not, a person is more likely to do themselves a disservice by not exercising, or taking it easy, than if they push themselves a bit. It’s perfectly understandable […]
Read more »Click bait headlines
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