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Tribute to Denis Burkitt
(Journal of Medical Biography, 1994)
Dietary fats and coronary heart disease.
(Biomedicine Pharmacotherapy, 1996)
The prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease (CHD) necessitates vigorous dietary intervention so as 10
lower the serum cho1eslero11evel by at least 6%. Greater decreases in serum cholesterol can bring about ...
Biochemical status of vitamin A in colorectal cancer
(Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition, 1990-10)
Serum vitamin A and its carrier proteins, retinol-binding
protein and prealbumin, were measured in 41 colorectal cancer patients,
40 patients with benign colorectal disease, and 31 healthy subjects. Serum
samples were ...
Diet, blood lipids and coronary heart disease: current controversies
(South African Medical Journal, 1994)
Survey of nutrition knowledge of Canadian physicians
(Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 1999)
Objectives: Previous reports have indicated that physicians generally have little training in nutrition and a
poor knowledge of the subject. A survey was carried out to determine the nutrition knowledge of physicians
working ...
Fruit, vegetables, and cancer prevention trials
(Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1999)
Survey of nutrition knowledge of Canadian physicians
(Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 1999)
Objectives: Previous reports have indicated that physicians generally have little training in nutrition and a poor knowledge of the subject. A survey was carried out to determine the nutrition knowledge of physicians working ...
Towards a new system of health: the challenge of western disease
(Journal of Community Health, 1993)
Over the last three decades, the concept of Western disease
has become well established. Medicine has approached this group
of diseases by searching for new cures but has achieved relatively little
success. We argue ...
The war on cancer: failure of therapy and research
(Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1991)
A generally-held beliefby both the medical profession
and the lay public is that therapeutic medicine greatly
affects health. Providing more hospital beds, doctors
and resources is viewed as the path to improve ...
Blood cholesterol and coronary heart disease: changing perspectives
(Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1994)
There has been much controversy concerning the
value of efforts to reduce blood cholesterol levels.
In this contribution, the risks and benefits of
interventions are discussed. Lowering cholesterol
level by drugs is ...