Cholesterol Therapy Guidelines Stress Need To Consider Cost, Treat To Goal
Executive Summary
The National Cholesterol Education Program treatment guidelines encourage physicians to restrict drug therapy only to high risk patients - but expand the definition of high risk to include as many as 36 mil. people in the U.S.
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