The number of people in the United States taking cholesterol-lowering drugs will nearly triple in coming years to roughly 36 million if physicians adhere to new guidelines issued by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in Bethesda, Md. Also, the number of people instructed to consume a low-cholesterol diet would rise from 52 million to 65 million.
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