The truth about statins risks and alternatives to cholesterol-lowering drugs
"From an award-winning cardiologist comes the most up-to-date, definitive reference book about statins--cholesterol-lowering drugs--providing a thorough examination of the uses and safety claims of this high-profile class of drugs.Controversy over drugs such as Lipitor and their widespread use has m...
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New York :
Gallery Books,
c2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Are statins for me? My doctor wants me to take a statin-- what questions do I need to ask? ; When statins help most, and when they may not help at all ; Common side effects of statins : cautionary tales ; Why can't a woman be more like a man? : gender differences and statin use ; So what an I to do? : practical lifestyle approaches to heart health
- Whys and wherefores of the statin era. The Chinese got there first : red rice yeast and the dawn of the statin era ; Big Pharma, the FDA, and the medical profession : an unholy, very lucrative alliance
- A closer look at the science. The heart and its discontents : what happens in sickness and in health ; Clinical research and the "science" being used to support statin use
- The safe, delicious statin alternative. Heart-healthy foods and recipes, and two weeks of Mediterranean diet menus.
