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Category Archives: Lifestyle
Rapid Update 1-September 2018: Smoking cessation: Weight gain after quitting smoking temporarily increases risk of type 2 diabetes but is far outweighed by reductions in CV and all-cause mortality
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NPC Archive Item: Does restricting dietary salt improve patient-oriented outcomes?
NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. 2 August 2011 A Cochrane Review found that, compared with control groups, reducing dietary salt intake decreased blood pressure (BP) by 1 to 4 mmHg in people with or […]
NPC Archive Item: Sibutramine (Reductil) licence suspended throughout Europe
NOTE – This is an archive post from the NPC and has not been updated since first publication. Therefore, some hyperlinks may no longer be working. 22 January 2010 The MHRA has announced that the licence for sibutramine has been suspended throughout Europe. This follows a review which considered the increased risk of non-fatal heart […]