recommend routine cholesterol testing only for healthy men between age 35 and 65...and healthy women 45 to 65
March 1996
The American College of Physicians (ACP) is making waves in the cholesterol community with its controversial new guidelines.
The internists now recommend routine cholesterol testing only for healthy men between age 35 and 65...and healthy women 45 to 65.
They suggest testing younger or older patients ONLY if they have other cardiac risk factors...smoking, hypertension, obesity, etc.
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