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Heart disease risk: Your cholesterol report is normal, but you're still at risk for a heart attack? Beware! This could be the real culprit.

Early Heart Attack Risk: Due to changing lifestyles, we are facing a variety of heart-related problems. Let us explain why normal cholesterol levels can be a risk factor. How does lipoprotein (a) ...
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Cholesterol Being Normal Is Not Always Low Risk of Heart Attack, Says Top Neurologist

Having normal cholesterol does not mean low risk, as heart disease can occur even with a textbook lipid profile, revealed top neurologist Dr Sudhir Kumar. Dr Kumar was referring to a case of a ...
The Conversation

What is a blood cholesterol ratio? And what should yours be?

Clare Collins AO is a Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Newcastle, NSW and a Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) affiliated researcher. She is a National Health ...

How Menopause Affects Cholesterol—And How to Manage It

Officer is not alone. As women enter menopause, cholestrol levels jump—by an average of 10-15%, or about 10 to 20 milligrams per deciliter. (A healthy adult cholesterol range is 125-200 milligrams per ...
Time

What It Means if You Have Borderline High Cholesterol—And What to Do About It

Klein is a contributor for TIME. Klein is a contributor for TIME. Almost 25 million adults in the U.S. have high cholesterol, which puts them at a higher risk for a heart attack or stroke in the next ...