The cholesterol wars
Subtitle: the skeptics vs. the preponderance of evidence
By: Daniel Steinberg.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: San Diego, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780123739797
Subjects: Atherosclerosis.; Anticholesteremic agents.; Statins (Cardiovascular agents); Atherosclerosis -- drug therapy.; Atherosclerosis -- etiology.; Anticholesteremic Agents -- therapeutic use.; Cholesterol -- adverse effects.; Hypercholesterolemia -- complications.; Hypercholesterolemia -- drug therapy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Thoughts on the nature of medical controversy in general and an overview of the cholesterol controversy in particular; value: Animal models of atherosclerosis; value: Early evidence linking hypercholesterolemia to atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease; value: Lipoproteins and metabolism; value: In search of a pathogenesis; value: Basic science foundations; value: Searching for drugs that would lower blood cholesterol safely and effectively; value: 1984 coronary primary prevention trial; value: Statins; value: A look at the future.