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    Cholesterol Guidelines

    On May of 2001, the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) issued new and main clinical cholesterol guidelines. Hoping to manage and prevent the increase of high cholesterol in adults. This was the last update of NCEP ten years ago.
    In line with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, they developed new cholesterol guidelines via research and study. The significant modifications in the guidelines are the more insistent cholesterol-reducing treatment and identification of those who are at high risk of heart disease, the use of lipoprotein profile as a first step for treating high cholesterol level, a new stage at which low high-density lipoprotein (low HDL) becomes a main high risk factor for heart diseases, brand new set of "Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes" with more power to improve cholesterol levels, to focus more on the cluster of risk reasons in heart disease called "the metabolic syndrome" and to bolster the knowledge of treatments of high triglycerides.
    With these new cholesterol guidelines they expected a considerable amount of increase in the number of Americans treated for high cholesterol. These include the raise in the number of dietary treatments from the estimated amount of 52 million to 65 million. It will also increase the number of prescription for cholesterol-reducing drugs from 13 million to 36 million.
    The guidelines state that diabetes also poses a amazing risk in having heart disease. It also suggests that persons with diabetes be treated as intensively as patients with heart disease, including their lifestyles modifications and medication.
    The new cholesterol guidelines incorporated a tool that will predict a person's chance of having heart disease within the span of 10 years. The said to will calculate the risk of men and women separately. The tool was highly recommended by the ATP (Adult Treatment Patients) for people who have two or more risk reasons of heart disease.

    The other modifications in the new cholesterol guidelines are:
    * More aggressive treatment of high cholesterol for those who have diabetes; in addition to the high short-term risk of having a coronary episode, Type 2 diabetes is also in a high risk of dying of a heart attack.
    * Lipoprotein profile as the first step in testing for high cholesterol; it's the measurement of the levels of LDL, HDL, total cholesterol and triglycerides, and other fatty substance in the bloodstream.
    * A new phase wherein low-HDL is a major risk factor for heart disease.
    * Strengthening the use of physical activity, nutrition and weight control in the treatment of high blood cholesterol level.
    * The identification of a "metabolic syndrome" of the risk reasons relating to insulin resistance.
    * More aggressive treatment for high triglycerides.
    * Advising to stop using "Hormone Replacement Therapy" "HRT" as a replacement to cholesterol-reducing medicines.

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