heart health
The Risk Factors for High Cholesterol
Risk factors for high cholesterol include a mix of family history, health conditions, and everyday habits. Understanding them helps you ask better questions and plan appropriate care. It is not a reason to blame yourself. Know the risk factors for high cholesterol The CDC’s risk-factor overview includes family history, age, type 2 diabetes, obesity, dietary […]
Lowering Cholesterol
Lowering high cholesterol starts with understanding your results and your overall cardiovascular risk. The aim is an individual plan that reduces risk and fits your circumstances. Plan for lowering high cholesterol Your healthcare team may recommend lifestyle changes, medicine, or both. The NHLBI treatment overview explains these approaches and why the plan should be discussed […]
Cholesterol and Your Heart
Cholesterol and heart health are connected, but the subject is easier to understand when you separate the basic terms from frightening slogans. Cholesterol has normal roles in the body; unhealthy blood levels can increase cardiovascular risk. Understand cholesterol and heart health LDL and HDL are lipoproteins that carry cholesterol. LDL contributes to plaque buildup in […]
HDL Cholesterol Level
Your HDL cholesterol level is one part of a lipid panel. HDL is often called “good” cholesterol, but understanding it requires more than assuming that a higher number always means better protection. What your HDL cholesterol level tells you HDL particles help carry cholesterol back to the liver. However, a higher HDL result does not […]
Measuring Cholesterol
Measuring cholesterol is a useful step toward understanding your heart health. A blood test gives information you cannot reliably judge from how you feel or look. What measuring cholesterol includes A lipid panel commonly reports total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides. Results are often reported in milligrams per deciliter, or mg/dL. The National […]