Statins in historical perspective A series of discoveries led to the confirmation of the lipid hypothesis and underscored the central role played by LDL-cholesterol in the pathogenesis of ...

This theory does not nullify the lipid hypothesis, rather it indicates that the mechanism by which lipid targets are achieved could be pivotal in reducing cardiovascular events. We believe that ...

Warnings against saturated fat on heart health need to be revisited as flaws were revealed in the seminal 1950s studies on which these warnings were based, acco ...

Fabian M. Dayrit, and American physician Dr. Mary T. Newport, have recently called into question the lipid-heart hypothesis of physiologist Ancel Keys, known as Keys equation, in their review ...