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Managing Cholesterol in People at Risk for Heart Attacks, Strokes
New national guidelines change the focus from aiming strictly at reducing bad cholesterol to a more personalized approach.
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New Guidelines for Predicting Cardiovascular Disease
The guidelines – released from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association – will help doctors better identify which patients may benefit from lifestyle changes, drug therapy, or both to help prevent future cardiovascular disease-related events.
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Putting Lupus in Permanent Remission
Northwestern Medicine® scientists have successfully tested a nontoxic therapy that suppresses Lupus in blood samples of people with the autoimmune disease. This is a positive step toward one day developing a vaccine-like therapy that could keep Lupus in remission in the human body without the use of toxic drugs.