High blood cholesterol affects over 65 million Americans and I am one of those people, as are each of my parents. Often genetic, high cholesterol is a serious condition that increases one’s risk for heart disease. The higher the cholesterol level, the greater the risk.
The scary thing with cholesterol is that it can be high and you may not even know it. Lowering cholesterol levels that are too high lessens your risk for developing heart disease and reduces the chance of having a heart...
How can a high level of triglycerides affect my health if my cholesterol is normal and my LDL and HDL are both low? I presume that you... Read more »
I admit it, I am a bit late on my game this month and just last week remembered that September is Cholesterol Awareness Month - my bad.... Read more »
2010 has been a year of change in many ways. At the very beginning, I wanted to remain anonymous behind a cute screenname - “Phat in my... Read more »
This week I'm resuming the series of Blogs called Choices in Recovery. Like every other discipline of interest to mankind [at least... Read more »
Jack had been told again and again that there was absolutely nothing wrong with his cholesterol panel. His numbers: Total cholesterol 198... Read more »
A reader asks Joe and Teresa Graedon of The People's Pharmacy if peppermint can affect the way cholesterol-lowering statins work. The Graedons... Read more »
According to a new study, women's cholesterol levels can fluctuate throughout their menstrual cycle because of changes in their levels of estrogen.... Read more »
Decaffeinated coffee may increase the levels of a specific cholesterol in the blood, researchers say. Caffeine-free coffee is often made from a type... Read more »
Did you know that cholesterol can show up on the skin? Or that it's possible for cholesterol levels to actually be too low? In this article, a health... Read more »
Arteriosclerosis causes heart attacks, strokes, amputations and even loss of brain function in addition to sudden death. Arteriosclerotic plaque, the... Read more »
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