Dr Isabella Cooper is a biochemistry medical pathology scientist, and ketogenic specialist whose research focuses on ageing biology, hyperinsulinaemia, ketogenic science, and chronic diseases ...

We’re on the final of four parts documenting “How to read a paper.” The first part reviewed levels of evidence. That’s the starting point to understand what we are reading and how robust it might be.

* A paper was published on 5th February 2026 which generated headlines such as "Statins don’t cause most side effects blamed on them." * The Clinical Trial Service Unit (CTSU) is an academic research ...

I have been asked several times to write an article called “How to read a paper” and I’ve finally done it. It may still evolve over time – not least, new notes might discover new tricks that need ...

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, ...

* A paper has been published, which claimed to show the effect of a single high-fat meal on blood flow. * The subjects – 20 healthy men aged between 18 and 35 and 21 healthy men aged between 60 and 80 ...

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 ...

* Lean Mass Hyper Responder (LMHR) was the term developed by Dave Feldman to describe lean, fit, metabolically healthy people, who exhibit striking increases in cholesterol when adopting a ketogenic ...

* 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 ...

* I have received many emails from readers about recent claims in the media that seed oils are not harmful and that, on the contrary, they can reduce heart disease. The common factor in the media ...