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Is high “good cholesterol” (HDL) really good?
A new lancet paper challenges the supposition that high HDL levels (good cholesterol) prevent heart disease and attacks. Concentrations of high- and low-density lipoproteins (HDL and LDL) in the blood were supposed to have opposite effects on the patient’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease, and both were also supposed to be causative. A high level of LDL (“bad” cholesterol) […]