{"id":31549,"date":"2026-03-19T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=31549"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:25:06","slug":"article70749581-ece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=31549","title":{"rendered":"Life-saving numbers: what the 2026 U.S. cholesterol guidelines mean for everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new guidelines make a bold statement: begin active screening and treatment from age 30: not 40 or 50. Over 80%  of cardiovascular disease is preventable, and the tools are neither exotic nor expensive: a heart-healthy diet, routine physical activity, proper sleep, avoiding tobacco, stress management, and when needed, statins<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/life-saving-numbers-what-the-2026-us-cholesterol-guidelines-mean-for-everyone\/article70749581.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nwww.thehindu.com<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is shared for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not constitute medical, legal, or policy advice.<br \/>\nHealthcare decisions should always be made in consultation with qualified professionals.\n<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new guidelines make a bold statement: begin active screening and treatment from age 30: not 40 or 50. Over 80% of cardiovascular disease is preventable, and the tools are neither exotic nor expensive: a heart-healthy diet, routine physical activity, proper sleep, avoiding tobacco, stress management, and when needed, statins Source: www.thehindu.com Medical Disclaimer: This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1747],"tags":[895,14171,10605,13954,10949],"class_list":["post-31549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness-lifestyle","tag-cholesterol","tag-guidelines","tag-lifesaving","tag-numbers","tag-u-s"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31551,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31549\/revisions\/31551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}