Rare cholesterol condition calls for unconventional treatment

    NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller talks with University of Pennsylvania researcher Dr. Dan Rader about people with a rare condition that causes the inability to remove bad cholesterol from their blood, resulting in early heart disease.They typically get a treatment that works much the same way kidney dialysis does.

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