Dr. Neville Wilson. – 04.02.08 The long awaited results, of what has become a controversial drug trial, were announced recently, generating intense debate in medical circles, evoking widespread media speculation, and eliciting critical comments from the chair of the USA House of Representatives. Controversies arising in the wake of a disappointing outcome for the ENHANCE [...]

Dr. Neville S. Wilson.     31 August, 2007. The review and revision of Clinical Guidelines for purposes of risk stratifying and risk reduction in cardiovascular disease prevention is an ongoing challenge and current initiatives focus on their implications for primary care providers. The AHA guidelines for 2007 offer a timely and broader spectrum of risk not [...]

Homocysteine is a naturally occurring amino-acid which derives from dietary protein and  which, under conditions of nutrient adequacy, is broken down to harmless methionine through a process of methylation. However, if methylation cannot take place, due to a lack, or absence, of certain B-vitamins, and certain other nutrients, then blood levels of homocysteine can rise, [...]

An informative overview of statin mechanisms was recently published (Medicine Weekly 26 Sept.2006) in which the authors promote the safety of statins, their efficacy in stroke reduction and their benefits to patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS). (Drs. Vaughan and O’Sullivan). Their review of current literature serves to establish HMG CoA reductase inhibitors as powerful [...]

A Challenge to the Criticisms of Nutritional Therapy. -Dr. Neville S. Wilson  -  March 2007 Attacks on the nutritional health industry are not uncommon and can be expected to continue since they represent a lobby intent on undermining the growing interest in and widespread use of nutritional supplements by health conscious people who desire optimum [...]