the good cholesterol. that has also gone down. you don t want that to go down. you want that hdl number to go up. the way it goes up is due to exercise. the fact that it went down may suggest that exercise is not something that s impacted his lipids so far this past year. i think most of what you re seeing with his cholesterol numbers is probably due to that bottom line, which is the fact that his crestor dose went from 10 milligrams to 40 milligrams. they increased that significantly. significant increase from 10 milligrams of the statin he has been taken to 40 milligrams. that would explain why the cholesterol was going down. that s right. how often should someone check for potential cardiac disease get a calcium score? should they take that test every ye year, every three years, every five years? you know, i think it s not something that people typically take every year. there s not really a consensus as to how often people should