CHOLESTORAL LEVELS
July 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIEMILLIONS more Americans will have to start taking medication to regulate their cholesterol after recent US federal recommendations on new safe levels of LDL, or bad cholesterol, were significantly reduced. A report drafted by the National Cholesterol Education Programme suggests that the target level of LDL, the type of cholesterol that increases the likelihood of heart disease, should be less than 100. That is 30 points lower than what was recommended only two and a half years ago. The recommendations will increase the number of Americans who meet ...
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