Many unsure of new cholesterol guidelines

"Ninety-seven percent of U.S. adults with high cholesterol report awareness of the update to the national cholesterol guidelines published last year.

However, only 64 percent of these adults know that LDL is the 'bad' cholesterol and more than one-third cite a number significantly higher than the guidelines' recommendation for healthy cholesterol levels, according to a Harris Interactive survey of 1,729 adults."



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