Effective treatments are available, but physician and patient adherence remains a challenge.
By Victoria Stagg Elliott , AMNews staff. March 12, 2001. Additional information New government guidelines outlining the means for detecting, evaluating and treating high blood cholesterol will expand recommendations for intervention to an increasing number of patients, according to cholesterol experts who have seen drafts of the report. Included in the new guidelines are patients with normal cholesterol levels who exhibit other factors that put them at high risk for heart disease, such as diabetes. These updated recommendations by the Adult Treatment Panel of the National Cholesterol Education Program at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute are expected in May.