United States Health News API

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            "title": "Earlier Cholesterol Testing Can Reduce Heart Attacks and Strokes, New Guideline Says",
            "description": "Eleven medical organizations advised changes to preventive cardiac care that it says could markedly reduce heart attacks and strokes.",
            "content": "People at risk of heart disease should start trying to lower their cholesterol as early as age 30 and continue into old age. They should also be getting their cholesterol levels lower than many doctors had previously recommended.\nThat is the new guid... [1031 chars]",
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            "title": "People with high cholesterol may need to begin statins in their 30s",
            "description": "Millions more adults should consider starting cholesterol-lowering medications earlier to reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke, according to new medical guidance.",
            "content": "Millions more adults should consider starting cholesterol-lowering medications earlier to reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke, according to new medical guidance.\nIn an updated guideline released Friday, the American College of Cardiology and... [9846 chars]",
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            "description": "As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn’t work very well. It had one of its worst effectiveness rates in more than a decade.",
            "content": "NEW YORK (AP) — As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn’t work very well, with one of its worst effectiveness rates in more than a decade.\nA new strain that dominated the early winter was not well matched to the v... [3646 chars]",
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