Is your cholesterol level on the rise? If yes, you are at a greater risk of developing coronary heart disease, strokes and other related diseases. Wake up! Take Control!This book is of immense help in understanding cholesterol related basic facts and how to control this fast growing lifestyle disease. Learn to control your cholesterol through careful diet management, proper exercise and a regulated lifestyle.Dr. Anjali Arora did her M.D. from Lady Hardinge Medical College & S.K. Hospital, New Delhi. Interested in lipids and preventive cardiology, she joined the Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, in 1933 as a consultant. She started and then managed the Hyperlipidaemia Prevention Clinic there for nearly 7 years. Currently she is working at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital as a consultant in the Department of Cardiology. Interested in preventive medicine, with a special focus on lifestyle diseases, she continues to manage the Hyperlipidaemia and Atherosclerosis Prevention Clinic in the hospital. Member of a number of associations, she is also an active faculty member of the South Asian Society on Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis (established in Minnesota, U.S.A.).At last, here is a simply-written, illustrated book that provides useful information for the layperson. An excellent guide that presents basic facts on the subject.Gundu H. RaoSecretary-GeneralSouth Asian Society onAtherosclerosis and Thrombosis(SASAT)and ProfessorLillehei Heart InstituteUniversity of Minnesota, U.S.A.Dr. Arora has put together a plethora of information in an easily digestible from that could serve as a source book for people of all ages.Sampath ParthasarthyProfessor of Pathology and MedicineLSU School of MedicineLSU Health Science CenterNew OrleansU.S.A.
