Tuesday, November 12, 2013

NYTimes articles on New Guidelines for Use of Statins; 3 Things to Know About New Guidelines

Next week (Tues 11/19) our didactic will be about lipid target values. This is a timely topic.

Here's a link to an article from Gina Kolata in today's NYTimes regarding the controversial new guidelines for use of statins: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/health/new-guidelines-redefine-use-of-statins.html?_r=0&hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1384291258-bEgS4EG8di8FJfywAtMD8w

A more detailed description of the guidelines appears here: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/11/12/us/12reuters-usa-health-heart.html?hp

And here is a link to a Reuters article with statistics about heart disease prevalence: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/11/12/us/12reuters-usa-health-heart-factbox.html?hp


Breaking: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/12/3-things-to-know-about-the-new-cholesterol-guidelines/?src=recg
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  1. Laura CohenNovember 13, 2013 at 8:18 AM

    Also, here is the original article on the new guidelines, published in the Journal of American College of Cardiology: http://content.onlinejacc.org/article.aspx?articleID=1770217

    These guidelines are being released along with the results of many other large studies at the annual American Heart Association (AHA) meeting this month. Look out for other cardiology trials in major medical journals in the upcoming weeks!

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