Becoming educated about your own cardiovascular risk is pivotal to prevention, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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The most important person in reducing your risk for cardiovascular disease is you, and managing your blood cholesterol levels is just one part of an overall, lifelong strategy, beginning with becoming educated about your own unique set of risk factors. …
Monitoring cholesterol and other factors should be done regularly to prevent cardiovascular disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Management of blood cholesterol is a major factor in the prevention of cardiovascular disease, as reflected in new guidelines released by the American College of Cardiology, and it should start early in life and be monitored throughout the lifespan. Johns …
What LDL cholesterol level should you be aiming for? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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When it comes to ideal LDL cholesterol levels in the blood, ideal is a bit of a moving target. Johns Hopkins cardiologist Roger Blumenthal, chair of an American College of Cardiology committee that has just updated cholesterol guidelines, says it …
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The first strategy to improve blood cholesterol levels in lifestyle management, Elizabeth Tracey reports
New guidelines from the American College of Cardiology for cholesterol guidelines are here, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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A quarter of US adults have elevated levels of LDL, the type of cholesterol in the blood most often associated with atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Now the American College of Cardiology has issued new guidelines for managing cholesterol, last updated …
Episode 81: Magnet Coordinators – Looking Ahead to the Next Magnet Application| Johns Hopkins Center for Nursing Inquiry
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In this episode, Heather Watson speaks with Magnet Coordinators across the Johns Hopkins Health System — including Jo Lambert and Kim Kuperman from All Children’s Hospital and Lynnae Elliott from Johns Hopkins Hospital — as they reflect on the highs, …