Beyond Cholesterol: 7 Life-Saving Heart Disease Tests That Your Doctor May Not Give You

What I think is particularly significant about this book is its emphasis on the role of inflammation in heart disease and all the markers of inflammation that can be tested for. A focus on cholesterol is not enough. The cause of inflammation should also be emphasized and I would have suggested a bigger emphasis on the role of pathogens in inflammation, in particular, bacteria, such as Chlamydiae pneumoniae and Mycoplasma. These and other pathogens may also partly explain why so many people have trouble exercising and losing weight. As they age, they acquire more pathogens that cause health problems that accumulate over time. This may be associated with many diseases of aging. The Autoimmunity Research Foundation is just one group looking into this. Joyce Waterhouse, PhD