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Three months later, his cholesterol had improved markedly, he had lost 15 pounds, and the chest pain never returned. And it just goes to show you, that Dr. Bro
by e40 10y ago
Three months later, his cholesterol had improved markedly, he had lost 15 pounds, and the chest pain never returned.
And it just goes to show you, that Dr. Brown might have saved the executive a stent procedure, but they are still promulgating the myth that cholesterol causes CHD. It's a side effect not the cause. There are plenty of people that have high cholesterol and don't have blocked arteries.
<sigh>
- regardmore 10y agoIt's not a mere side effect. If it were, treatment with anti-cholesterol drugs such as statins (the most used) or even a new class of drugs called PCSK9 inhibitors wouldn't have such a clear cause-and-effect on reducing cardiovascular events and mortality. Since removing cholesterol from circulation reduces cardiovascular disease, you can view it as a cause and not as a mere marker of disease.
- e40 10y agoIf it were, treatment with anti-cholesterol drugs such as statins (the most used) or even a new class of drugs called PCSK9 inhibitors wouldn't have such a clear cause-and-effect on reducing cardiovascular events and mortality. I've read that studies show it only has an effect for men > 50 yrs, but that the effect isn't due to reducing cholesterol. I have notice a huge increase in the last 10 years in the number of researchers reporting no causal link between cholesterol and CHD. On the first page of a Google search: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/behindtheheadlines/news/2016-06-13-study-says-theres-no-link-between-cholesterol-and-heart-disease/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/behindtheheadlines... Evidence abounds that there is no link.