Mark Nelson: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Adjunct Professor, Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
- Quoted on
- Heart disease & stroke
- Press citations held
- 2 (1 with a linkable article)
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
“Our society is ageing, and therefore the burden of disease is increasing, making it important to improve our ability to prevent disease in this group. So we needed the evidence for this group to see if prescribing statins as a prevention measure works.”
Where Mark Nelson has been quoted
- Statins can safely cut risk of heart attacks or strokes in healthy people aged over 70, world-first clinical trial showstheguardian.com · 10 Sept 2026
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.
- Cardiovascular disease linked to higher risk of cancer deathNursing in Practice
- Tennis player who had on-court heart attack praises opponent for saving his lifeDarlington & Stockton Times
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