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Director's Column: Cholesterol Levels Back in the News


Since the discovery by two Nobel laureates in 1985 of cholesterol's damaging effects on our cells and tissues leading to heart disease, heart attacks, and stroke, we have seen an explosion of interest on the topic and a more aggressive approach by the National Cholesterol Education Program to get Americans to lower their cholesterol levels. If you have a disability, you may want to pay greater attention to the types of medications that are prescribed for high cholesterol or low HDL (good) cholesterol. Many individuals with spinal cord injury, for example, have low HDL (good) cholesterol levels, which, according to several experts, is as much a risk for developing heart disease as high LDL cholesterol levels.

Read the entire column at http://www.ncpad.org/291/1814/2005-07~Issue~~Cholesterol~Levels~Back~in~the~News.


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