Certain groups of people seem to be missing out when it comes to optimizing cardiovascular disease prevention, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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June 8, 2026 · 1 min
About this episode
The episode discusses new cholesterol management guidelines and highlights groups missing out on cardiovascular disease prevention.
New guidelines for managing cholesterol levels have recently been released by the American College of Cardiology. Cardiologist Roger Blumenthal at Johns Hopkins chaired the committee that wrote the guidelines, and says that in reviewing the data it became clear that … Certain groups of people seem to be missing out when it comes to optimizing cardiovascular disease prevention, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read More »
People in this episode
Host: Elizabeth Tracey
Topics covered
- cardiovascular disease
- cholesterol management
- health guidelines
- preventive medicine
- cardiology
Keywords
- cardiovascular disease
- cholesterol
- guidelines
- prevention
- health
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: American College of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins
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