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About one in five adolescents have cholesterol levels that are too high, and that’s why new …

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Did you know that one in five adolescents have cholesterol levels that are too high, some …

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Your preadolescent child should have their blood drawn to test their cholesterol levels, new guidelines from …

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Familial hypercholesterolemia is just what it sounds like: abnormally high cholesterol levels that run in families …

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A new clinical guideline to manage cholesterol levels in the blood has been released by the …

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