Friday, November 15, 2013

New Cholesterol Guidelines Muddy the Water about Who Should Take Cholesterol Drugs

The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology released new guidelines on who should take cholesterol-lowering drugs. Currently about one-quarter of Americans over the age of 40 are taking a drug to lower their cholesterol. According to The New York Times, the new guidelines were intended to simplify the process of deciding who [...]



via John Goodman's Health Policy Blog http://healthblog.ncpa.org/new-cholesterol-guidelines-muddy-the-water-about-who-should-take-cholesterol-drugs/

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