The new cholesterol guidelines represent a sea change in that they no longer recommend patients shoot for a target cholesterol level.
Instead, they recommend options based on an individual's risk of a heart attack or stroke.
This new method of prevention and treatment has found its share of critics and has also been the subject of discussion among doctors and patients seeking to understand the new recommendations.
The new methods of assessing cardiovascular risk were also groundbreaking, including for the first time not only heart attack, but also stroke, and also allowing the tool to provide guidance specifically for African-Americans.
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Instead, they recommend options based on an individual's risk of a heart attack or stroke.
This new method of prevention and treatment has found its share of critics and has also been the subject of discussion among doctors and patients seeking to understand the new recommendations.
The new methods of assessing cardiovascular risk were also groundbreaking, including for the first time not only heart attack, but also stroke, and also allowing the tool to provide guidance specifically for African-Americans.
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