Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease - BMJ

Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease


"The reason why statin treatment may result in cancer is probably not an effect of the drug, but that low cholesterol predisposes to cancer. Thus, nine cohort studies including more than 140 000 individuals found that cancer was inversely associated with cholesterol measured 10–30 years earlier, and the association persisted after exclusion of cancer cases appearing during the first 4 year."

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Homocysteine By Dr. Kilmer McCully, M.D.

Second in a series by Dr Kilmer McCully, M.D. at the SpaceDoc web site, this two part article covers his research into the relation between homocysteine and arteriosclerosis. Read it here.

Kilmer McCully, M.D. on Cholesterol

Spacedoc.net is running a two part series of articles by Dr Kilmer McCully on the topic of Cholesterol. Lots of insight there. Please read part 1 and part 2.



Dr McCully has written a book titled "The Homocysteine Revolution", And one titled "The Heart Revolution".