Letter

Hypercholesterolaemia

Should medical science ignore the past?

BMJ 2008; 337 doi: 10.1136/bmj.a1681 (Published 16 September 2008)
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a1681

Access to the full text of this article requires a subscription or payment. Please log in or subscribe below.

  1. Uffe Ravnskov, independent researcher1
  1. 1Magle Stora Kyrkogata 9, 22350 Lund, Sweden
  1. ravnskov{at}tele2.se

    For their article on hypercholesterolaemia and its management Bhatnagar et al selected reviews only if they included “extensive recent references,”1 thereby missing important knowledge from the past [full list of references in rapid response].2 Let me elaborate:

    • No association between cholesterol and degree of atherosclerosis has been found in postmortem studies of unselected individuals

    • High cholesterol is not a risk factor …

    Access to the full text of this article requires a subscription or payment

    Subscribe

    Article access

    Article access for 1 day

    Purchase this article for £20 $30 €32*

    The PDF version can be downloaded as your personal record

    * Prices do not include VAT

    Rapid responses

    THIS WEEK'S POLL

    BMJ most popular