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New Heart Risk Tool Changes Guidelines | Health and Fitness News
New heart attack and stroke risk guidelines are here, flipping the script on how doctors assess cardiovascular danger — not because cholesterol’s danger changed, but because the old risk calculator, built on 1940s-80s data, was outdated and inaccurate for many. The new tool, PREVENT, uses modern, diverse data and ignores race, factoring in kidney function and BMI to estimate 10- and 30-year risk for adults 30-79. Women and diabetics are more likely to be bumped into higher-risk tiers, while men, Black adults, and smokers often move down — not because their risk changed, but because PREVENT’s…
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