November 12th, 2013
After Long Wait, Updated U.S. Cardiovascular Guidelines Now Emphasize Risk Instead of Targets
Larry Husten, PHD
Updated cardiovascular health guidelines were released today by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC). The guidelines are designed to provide primary care physicians with evidence-based expert guidance on cholesterol, obesity, risk assessment, and healthy lifestyle. The new guidelines reinforce many of the same messages from previous guidelines, but also represent […]
April 3rd, 2012
Why We Should Abandon LDL Cholesterol Targets
Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM
In an interview on CurrentMedicine.TV, CardioExchange editor-in-chief Harlan Krumholz discussed an editorial he co-authored with Rodney Hayward on why the NIH’s forthcoming Adult Treatment Panel IV should abandon LDL Targets.
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