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Cardiovascular Disease
Nearly half of people who need cholesterol treatment don't get it
February 27th, 2006
Even though treatment for cholesterol disorders can reduce the risk of heart and blood vessel disease by about 30% over 5 years, many at-risk people aren't getting adequate treatment, study findings show. They were reported by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and their colleagues in the February 2006 issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. "Under-treatment of cholesterol disorders is a major public health challenge," said lead author David Goff Jr., MD, PhD. "In our study of middle-age and older adults with no symptoms of cardiovascular disease, about a third had cholesterol disorders that would...
Source: Pharma Business Week (2006-02-27)
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