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There’s a very good reason to test preadolescents’ cholesterol levels, Elizabeth Tracey reports

from Health Newsfeed – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts · host Elizabeth Tracey

Did you know that one in five adolescents have cholesterol levels that are too high, some of them very high indeed? Those at the highest levels may have a genetic disorder called familial hypercholesterolemia, and when it’s caught early it … There’s a very good reason to test preadolescents’ cholesterol levels, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

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