Since the NCEP Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines were published (Journal Watch Cardiology Jun 15 2001), outcomes after use of cholesterol-lowering drugs have been studied in several major trials.

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was part of an American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology task force that wrote the latest cholesterol ...

Silent killer' is a common condition that can lead to serious health complications, including heart attacks and strokes, ...

These guidelines consider your overall risk of a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years, as determined by a variety of risk factors, not just your LDL cholesterol levels. The guidelines ...

Those guidelines support the idea of checking for a cholesterol abnormality once between ages 9 and 11 and again once between ...

New guidelines from the American Stroke Association aim to reduce the risk of stroke, a condition that affects more than half ...