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Monday, October, 26, 2009

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Cholesterol Education Month: A Year in Review and What’s to Come

By Dr. Kang Health Expert

Now that National Cholesterol Education Month has ended, I thought this would be a good time to highlight some of the recent accomplishments in cholesterol treatment during this past year. But it's only fair to also highlight some of our recent failures as well. Looking at both our successes and failures helps us to gain a perspective on where we are today so that as we plan for the future, we are more aware of some of the challenges that lie ahead.

 

Successes:

 

1. Dietary changes

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