The links on this page will take you to sites that contain a vast array of impartial information about cholesterol levels and statins. Much of the information can be shown to your medical practitioner if you should you need to provided evidence to support your posistion... that you are very concerned about taking a statin.
The following link; http://www.thincs.org/ is to the home of The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics. The site is worth visiting frequently because it represents the most current information which is available to members of the medical profession. It is overseen by Dr Uffe Ravnskov who is both the webmaster and the spokeman for the group of mainly medical staff who comprise THINCS. The link to the front page provides links to several important areas for the visitor to the site.
News presents the most recent developments and you will find articles from newspapers, presentations, research papers and some youtube presentations. Book reviews by THINCS members as well as reviews of members books are presented. Discussions between the THINCS membership tend to be quite technical but you are free to read the content. The section that holds the Unpublished papers is a page where you can find out about information that gives rise to members writing about the issues.
There is a page detailing the Publications of the THINCS members and reading through the list of papers that is linked to each member's name, demonstrates how active the membership of THINCS are in trying to educate the medical profession. a list of the Members of THINCS can be seen by clicking the relevant link. finally, the Links page provides access to a wealth of material that will be useful if you want to know more about statins and cholesterol or if you want to point your medical practitioner to accurate information about the issues surrounding statin administration.
The following link; http://www1.freewebs.com/stopped_our_statins/index.htm is to the web pages of Stopped Our Statins. This is a very well organised web site that is an excellent resource for information about statins and cholesterol. Browse the site at your leisure because it is extensive and it provides a very good place for people to explore while they are trying to learn about statins.
The Spacedoc web site is managed by Dr Duane Graveline (former USAF flight surgeon and NASA astronaut) and he has provided links to vast amounts of technical information regarding statins. you can go directly to the Spacedoc site by following this link... Spacedoc
An example page concerning short term memory loss can be found here... http://www.spacedoc.net/short_term_memory_loss.html The article is written in lay language and it is very easy to follow. The website also hosts many discussion forums for lay people or people who wish to ask questions so that they can learn more about statins. the forums can be found by following this link... http://www.spacedoc.net/board/index.php
Dr Jim Howenstein writes about cholesterol and on this page; The Truth About Cholesterol, Dr Howenstein writes cogently about how cholesterol is used by the body.
