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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: This is my third and next-to-last letter. Don't make me come down there after you. I need your opinion on some lab work. My doctor wants to put me on statins to lower my cholesterol. I feel that with an HDL cholesterol as high as mine, it is not necessary. What do you think? - P.B.
ANSWER: Cholesterol experts say that, for now, the focus of cholesterol treatment lies on bad cholesterol - LDL cholesterol, the artery-clogging kind of cholesterol. The LDL cholesterol is best when it is below 100 mg/dL (2.59 mmol/L). For people who have heart troubles, like a previous heart attack, it should be 70 or lower (1.8). Your LDL cholesterol is 155 (4.0) - too high.See the full content of this document
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Does Good Cholesterol Trump the Bad?
HDL cholesterol is good cholesterol, the kind that prevents heart attacks and strokes. An HDL cholesterol higher than 40 (1.04) is a beautiful thing. Yours is 92 (2.4) - a truly b...
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