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Vital Signs WINTER 2015 | VOLUME 65 F E AT U R E S T O R I E S Female Athlete Triad Page 4 Groundbreaking MRI-Guided Radiotherapy Page 6 Q&A: Changing Landscape in Melanoma Treatment Page 8 Community Calendar Page 12 Revised Cholesterol Guidelines May Lead to More People Benefitting from Drug Therapy Up to a third of adults in the United States may benefit from cholesterol-lowering statin medications to prevent heart disease and stroke, according to new guidelines established by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. The goal of the new guidelines, experts say, is to shift the criteria for treatment away from a narrow focus on cholesterol levels only toward a broader focus on the patient’s overall 10-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Continued on page 7