New Cholesterol Guidelines Simplify Targets and Start Prevention Sooner
Lead: On March 13, 2026, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association published updated cholesterol guidelines that aim to simplify targets and move prevention earlier in adult life. The new recommendations expand routine risk assessment to people aged 30–79 and reintroduce specific LDL cholesterol goals while spotlighting lipoprotein(a), or Lp(a), as a … Read more