Monday, November 18, 2013

Oops. A Mistake on the Guidelines?

Last week, the nation’s leading heart organizations released a sweeping new set of guidelines for lowering cholesterol, along with an online calculator meant to help doctors assess risks and treatment options. But, in a major embarrassment to the health groups, the calculator appears to greatly overestimate risk, so much so that it could mistakenly suggest [...]



via John Goodman's Health Policy Blog http://healthblog.ncpa.org/oops-a-mistake-on-the-guidelines/

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