A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero has been practicing cardiac anesthesiology in North Carolina for over two decades. Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero currently serves as a tenured professor and is the Director of Perioperative Clinical Research at the Duke Clinical Research Institute.
Despite the fact that a new report from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee recently reversed its long-standing stance on cholesterol as a “nutrient of concern for overconsumption,” blood cholesterol levels are still a health concern. In fact, new research from the Duke Clinical Research Institute found that even slightly elevated levels of blood cholesterol in early age can have a profound impact on long-term heart health. The study, which was published in the AHA’s Circulation medical journal, compared consistently elevated cholesterol levels to smoking. The findings concluded that individuals who experienced at least 10 years of high cholesterol were nearly four times more likely to develop heart disease than those who did not. Additionally, the study determined that each year of elevated cholesterol levels increased heart disease risk by 39 percent. Although blood cholesterol levels are a known factor of heart disease risk, the recent findings emphasize the importance of speaking with doctors about heart health at an early age, before symptoms appear.
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AuthorDr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero is both an educator and a vice chairman at Stony Brook Medicine. Archives
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