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  "textContent": "Doctors should consider treating high cholesterol much earlier and more aggressively than they have in the past, according to a new perspective by Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian and Yale School of Medicine investigators. The updated 2026 cholesterol management guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association encourage doctors to identify risk earlier and intervene before heart attacks and strokes happen. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States.",
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