more aggressive treatment of high cholesterol to prevent heart disease in WOMEN
June 1999
The American Heart Assoc now recommends more aggressive treatment of high cholesterol to prevent heart disease in WOMEN.
Coronary heart disease is the number one killer of women...but they're not treated as aggressively as men.
New guidelines recommend starting with a statin instead of estrogen to lower cholesterol in most postmenopausal women.
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