The Truth about Statins
Risks and Alternatives to Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs
$30.79
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
24 April 2012
Summary
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.
Could statin drugs actually harm you?
Despite the rosy picture painted in the ads of a miracle cure for high cholesterol and its attendant heart disease, the reality of taking statins may be far less pretty. Dr. Barbara H. Roberts, director of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781451656398 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1451656394 |
| Author: | Barbara H. Roberts |
| Publisher: | Pocket Books |
| Imprint: | Pocket Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 24 April 2012 |
| Weight: | 141g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 109mm x 188mm |
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Barbara H. Roberts
Barbara H. Roberts, M.D., is Director of The Women’s Cardiac Center at the Miriam Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. She is also an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She spent two years at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) where she was involved in the first clinical trial that demonstrated a beneficial effect of lowering cholesterol on the incidence of heart disease. She is currently a principal investigator in another NIH-sponsored trial of cholesterol-lowering therapy.
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