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Hyperlipidemias --- Lipoproteins --- Hyperlipidemia --- Hyperlipidémie --- physiopathology. --- therapy. --- metabolism.

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"This book recounts the science and scientific personalities behind the chain of discoveries upon which the lipid hypothesis of atherosclerosis was built. The narrative covers a period of just under a hundred years, starting with Anitschkow's experiments with cholesterol-fed rabbits in 1913, and recounts the endeavours and achievements of the leading actors in this protracted scientific drama. The cast includes an extraordinarily wide variety of scientific disciplines: pathology, biophysics, epidemiology, nutrition, cardiology, lipidology, genetics; microbiology, pharmacology, and clinical trial design. Most of the scientists believed that cholesterol played a causal role in atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease but there were some who dissented strongly from this conclusion. The breadth of scientific disciplines involved in proving the lipid hypothesis is matched by the geographical spread of the participants. Anitschkow worked in Russia, Endo discovered the first statin in Japan, their commercial development by Merck took place in the USA and evidence of benefit from lowering cholesterol came from trials conducted in Scandinavia and the UK. The subsequent meta-analysis of these statin trials in 2005 proved the validity of the lipid hypothesis beyond any doubt, and the history of how this all came about and its impact upon health policy and medical practice is recalled here in Resolving the Cholesterol Controversy"--

Cholesterol --- Atherosclerosis --- Coronary heart disease --- Hypercholesteremia. --- Antilipemic agents. --- Cholesterol, LDL --- Coronary Disease --- Hypercholesterolemia --- Hypolipidemic Agents --- Atherosclerosis. --- Coronary heart disease. --- Physiological effect --- History. --- history --- adverse effects --- Physiological effect.

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This book brings together in one volume fifteen Nobel Prize-winning discoveries that have had the greatest impact upon medical science and the practice of medicine during the 20th century and up to the present time. Its overall aim is to enlighten, entertain and stimulate. This is especially so for those who are involved in or contemplating a career in medical research. Anyone interested in the particulars of a specific award or Laureate can obtain detailed information on the topic by accessing the Nobel Foundation's website. In contrast, this book aims to provide a less formal and more person

Nobel Prizes. --- Medicine. --- Health Workforce --- Awards