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A question of time?
When it comes to cholesterol, how long it's under control — and how early that control starts — is as important as how low it goes.
For the last few years, "How low can you go?" has been the big question driving cholesterol researchers. Elbowed to the sidelines is an equally important question: When should you start thinking about cholesterol?
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