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Recent news
Gene clue to statins side effect (PDF) - 24th July 2008
- Professor Rory Collins awarded prestigious J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine - 6th November 2007
UK Biobank clinic opens in Oxford's Westgate Centre - Oxford Times, 27th April 2007
UK Biobank set for national roll out - BBC, 21st August 2006
HPS2-THRIVE Press Release - 31st May 2006
New Study Re-evaluates Cardiovascular Risks of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs - MRC Press Release, 5th June 2006 (Word Doc)
Nature, Nurture and Luck - Richard Peto celebrates Richard Doll, who made sense of the causes of cancer - Oxford Today, Michaelmas Issue 2005 (PDF)
Cheap drugs could slash heart attack death toll - Guardian, 4th November 2005
COMMIT/CCS-2: Beta blockers and clopidogrel + com 1587, 1607-32 - The Lancet, 5th November 2005 (PDF)
Statins 'could benefit many more' - BBC, 26th September 2005
Professors Doll and Peto win King Faisal Foundation prize - Arabnews.com, 11th April 2005
Radon gas linked to cancer deaths - BBC, 21st December 2004
Experts Examined - Sir Richard Doll - BBC, 31 January 2005
Radon gas linked to cancer deaths - BBC, 21st December 2004
Sir Richard Doll profile - BBC, 22nd June 2004
Heart drugs reduce stroke risk - BBC, 5th March 2004
Heart Protection Study (HPS) Results
Heart drugs reduce stroke risk - BBC, 5 March 2004
The high cost of staying well - The Independent, 9 February 2004
Other references
Statins cut diabetes deaths - BBC, 13 June 2003
Diabetes results, June 2003
You want statins with that? - MSNBC News/Newsweek, 14 July 2003 (link no longer works)
Drug promises heart disease revolution - Guardian, 5 July 2002
Researchers doubt value of vitamin pills - Guardian, 5 July 2002
Call for heart drug lifesaver - BBC, 5 July 2002
New drugs `can reduce heart attacks by a third' - Independent, 5 July 2002
Vitamin pills a `waste of money' - BBC, 5 July 2002
Final results, July 2002
Statin use following trial could cost 1.5bn a year - Hospital Doctor, 22 November 2001
New cholesterol treatment can reduce heart attack and strokes - National electronic Library for Health, 16 November 2001
Doctors hail new life saving drugs - Guardian, 14 November 2001
Study shows important benefits of cholesterol-lowering treatments - American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2001, 14 November 2001
New cholesterol treatment could prevent one-third of all heart attacks and strokes - Independent, 14 November 2001
Cholesterol drug could help millions - MSNBC, 13 November 2001 (link no longer works)
Heart drugs could save thousands - BBC, 13 November 2001
Preliminary results, November 2001
Antithrombotic Trialists' Collaboration (ATT)
Wider user of aspirin urged to save more lives - The Guardian, 11 January 2002
Thousands in dark over aspirin lifeline - The Independent, 11 January 2002
Aspirin 'could save thousands' - BBC, 11 January 2002
Other news
50 years, 6.3 million in UK dead from smoking - Daily Mirror, 13 February 2004
Prostate deaths fall by 20% - BBC, 23 September 2003
Worth stopping at any age - 12th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Issue four, 3-8 August 2003 (link no longer works)
Prof. Sir Richard Peto: 'Taking Big Causes Seriously' - Future - The Aventis Magazine, 31 March 2003
Richard Doll: 'Why was this evil business allowed to continue for so long?' - The Independent, 10 February 2003
Honour for medic who discovered smoking and cancer link - Oxford Blueprint, 31 October 2002
Planting marks building project - Oxford Mail, 22 October 2002
Cancer researcher will receive honour - Oxford Mail, 6 August 2002
HRT continues despite warnings - Independent, quotes from Rory Collins, 6 August 2002
UK HRT study `should continue' - BBC, quotes from Rory Collins, 19 July 2002
Topic of cancer - Observer profile of Richard Doll, 7 July 2002
UK leads the way in reducing cancer toll - Guardian, 4 July 2002
Sharp fall in cancer deaths - BBC, 3 July 2002
Exposure to radon 'does not add to risk of childhood cancer' - The Independent, 08 June 2002
Professor wins top award for cancer research work - Oxford Times article about Richard Peto, 07 June 2002
50-year cancer research ends - Oxford Times interview with Richard Doll, 02 November 2001
No smoke without fire - New Scientist interview with Richard Peto, September 2001
'Role model' plea to celeb smokers - Oxford Times interview with Richard Doll, 15 March 2001
Delay feared over cigarette ads ban - Oxford Times interview with Paul Nurse and Richard Peto, 20 June 2001
'Quit now and you may live' - Oxford Times interview with Richard Doll and Richard Peto, 02 August 2000
New advances cut breast cancer toll - Oxford Times interview with Richard Peto, 19 May 2000
Richard is a knight to remember - Oxford Times feature on Richard Peto, 30 November 1999
New hopes for breast cancer - Oxford Times interview with Rory Collins, 18 September 1998
Wonder drug could save 20,000 women - Oxford Times interview with Richard Peto and Rory Collins, 15 May 1998
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