Dr Dan Ewald

I think the main missing thing here is the patients perception of the significance of the risk. For me , I would do a lot to reduce my risk 10% or even reduce by 5%.
The CVD risk calculators give us the risk without treatment but dont show us the impact of treatment on the risk.
To suggest treatment should be done above a certain risk is missing…[Read more]

here is a summary that Ben Ewald did for discussion in the RACGP Red Book editorial committee. Unfortunately the graphs do not copy and paste and I cant see how to upload the word doc.

What evidence supports screening for lipids in general practice patients without CVD?

The kinds of evidence that would support this practice:
• That finding…[Read more]