High Cholesterol Articles

High Cholesterol Alternative Treatments

Several types of over-the-counter supplements and dietary alterations are aimed at helping people lower their cholesterol. As is the case with many alternative treatments for any disease or condition, opinions are often mixed as to the efficacy of...

Aug 25 2010

High Cholesterol Articles

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High Cholesterol Causes

Your body manufactures some cholesterol and gets the rest from food. Your genes play a role in how much your body makes on its own. The rest is determined by what kind of lifestyle you lead. The following factors can contribute to high cholesterol.

Aug 25 2010

High Cholesterol Complications

High cholesterol is a major risk factor for heart disease. Because high cholesterol generally has no symptoms, you can go for years without knowing you have it. The longer it’s left untreated, the greater the chance that complications may occur. P...

Aug 25 2010

High Cholesterol Diagnosis

Your doctor can diagnose high cholesterol with a simple blood test called a fasting lipid or lipoprotein profile.

Aug 25 2010

High Cholesterol Doctors

Because high cholesterol has no symptoms, it’s important to be regularly screened for high cholesterol. Your primary care physician will run or order a blood test to measure your cholesterol levels. If your doctor diagnoses you with high cholester...

Aug 25 2010

High Cholesterol Drugs

Just as there are several types of cholesterol, there are also many different kinds of drugs that either lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol or raise high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. Your doctor can help determine which clas...

Aug 25 2010

High Cholesterol Overview

Cholesterol is a fatty, wax-like substance that circulates throughout the bloodstream. Your body manufactures some of it, and the rest comes from your diet. Cholesterol is an essential building block of every cell in the human body. High cholester...

Aug 25 2010

High Cholesterol Prevention

For people who do not have familial hypercholesterolemia (a genetic disorder in which the body produces too much cholesterol), high cholesterol is completely preventable. To a large degree, high cholesterol is considered a lifestyle disease. In ot...

Aug 25 2010