A study on a web app for nonprescription statin therapy shows high concordance with clinician assessment, with 84.5% of participants achieving LDL-C reduction of 20% or more.
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The American Heart Association (AHA) has announced it is providing $450,000 in grants to assess its new risk prediction tool among diverse race, age, geographic and socioeconomic groups. Research teams from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, New York University and Duke University will work together to assess the accuracy of the AHA’s new PREVENT risk calculator.