Livid over lipids? Brits bicker about proposed cholesterol guidelines

Eight leading British physicians took the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to task over draft guidelines that recommend anyone with a 10 percent 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease become eligible for statin therapy. NICE fired back in an article published June 10 in The Guardian.

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