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The amount of 8216;good cholesterol8217; in the blood remains an important marker for heart disease regardless of how much 8216;bad cholesterol8217; is lowered, an international team of researchers said this week Among patients taking cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, the higher the HDL or good cholesterol, the less likely they were to have a heart attack or other 8217;cardiovascular event,8217; they found.