Hoping to prevent coronary heart disease, doctors issued aggressive new guidelines Tuesday that could nearly triple the number of Americans taking drugs to lower their cholesterol. The guidelines, ...

Q. I've been on a medication for years to treat my high cholesterol. My doctor has adjusted the dose to lower my cholesterol to less than 70. Now, I understand that there are new guidelines that ...

CHICAGO, IL – It's been a full 365 days since the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) presented their "paradigm-shifting" clinical guidelines for the management ...

CHARLESTON, SC – Just last November, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) published new clinical guidelines for the management of cholesterol, and the ...

Speakers address the different guidelines for management of dyslipidemia and discuss how best to incorporate them into clinical practice. Lipid guidelines from various associations have the same goal ...

(NEW YORK) — A group of physicians at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the American Heart Association have released updated guidelines on managing cholesterol to minimize the risk of heart attack, stroke, ...

New cholesterol guidelines recommend a more personalized approach in risk assessments, a returned focus on LDL target levels and new drug options for those at highest risk for cardiovascular disease.

DALLAS, – A new study advises physicians to fully understand the expanded benefits of the new cholesterol guidelines, citing that the new recommendations are likely to significantly raise the number ...

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Cholesterol remains a fundamental causal factor in the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). This module provides a concise overview of the clinical management of cholesterol ...