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Understanding Cholesterol Numbers

The lower your LDL cholesterol number, the lower your risk. Statins are medicines that can help lower cholesterol levels. When it comes to HDL chol...

Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia is a disorder where it is hard for your body to remove LDL 'bad' cholesterol from your blood. Without trea...

Diseases Linked to High Cholesterol

Arteries that feed the heart can narrow in certain areas (focal narrowing) and slow blood flow to part of the heart muscle. Or cholesterol plaques ...