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So what should the government be doing to tackle obesity? A new podcast, from the Health Foundation discusses this question and more with: Dame Sally Davies, Master of Trinity College Cambridge, and former Chief Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK government Harry Rutter, Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Bath James Forsyth, Political Editor at The Spectator and regular columnist for The Times. The podcast can be viewed at: https://www.health.org.uk/news-and-comment/podcast/episode-02-the-government-and-obesity

For advances in atrial fibrillation, we talk to Professor John Camm (St George’s, University of London), who analyses new AF guidance and the registry ‘real world’ data emerging in this field. Dr Jubin Joseph (St Thomas’ Hospital, London, and President of the British Junior Cardiologists’ Association) speaks about the implications of some of the coronary artery disease studies, and also the use of telemonitoring in heart failure. Finally, Professor Patrick Moriarty (University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA) discusses what effect the new PCSK9 inhibitors are likely to have on life for patients with familial hypercholesto