Monday, July 7, 2008

Cholesterol Drugs for Kids Could Reduce Heart Attacks in Adulthood

Kids should get screened for cholesterol — and some as young as 8 should get cholesterol-lowering drugs. Those are the recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which today published a new set of guidelines on lipid screening (online here).
The guidelines point out that atherosclerosis — the hardening of the arteries that leads to heart [...]

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