What you'll learn

  • How can there be “good” and “bad” cholesterol?

     

     

  • The best ways to successfully lower bad cholesterol

  • How to decrease elevated triglycerides

  • How to acheive achieve strengthened and enduring heart health

  •  Current Cholesterol Guidelines

  • The Role of Medical Conditions and Medications

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Course description

In this Harvard Health Publishing course Harvard doctors take the mystery out of managing cholesterol. You’ll learn the best ways to successfully lower bad cholesterol, decrease elevated triglycerides, and achieve the strengthened and enduring heart health you want.

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Instructors

Jorge Plutzky

Jorge Plutzky

Associate professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School; Director of the Vascular Disease Prevention Program and Director of Preventive Cardiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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