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2. 8 Common Cardiovascular Diseases for Men & How to Prevent Them

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   Minimizing stress. Having your cholesterol levels and blood pressure regularly checked. Taking your medications as prescribed for treating high blood cholesterol, blood pressure, or blood sugar levels

3. Study Finds Changes in Cholesterol May Indicate Higher ...

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   Therefore, “a change in lifestyle, such as decreasing exercise or increasing consumption of fast foods, can drastically change cholesterol.” Smoking, stress, and alcohol consumption are other ...

4. Hyperlipidemia - Wikipedia

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   Hyperlipidemia is abnormally high levels of any or all lipids (e.g. fats, triglycerides, cholesterol, phospholipids) or lipoproteins in the blood. [2] The term hyperlipidemia refers to the laboratory finding itself and is also used as an umbrella term covering any of various acquired or genetic disorders that result in that finding. [3]

5. Dyslipidemia: What Happens When Your Blood Fat Levels Are Off?

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   Dyslipidemia. Dyslipidemia is when the lipids in your blood are too high or too low. Estimates suggest that 53 percent of adults in the U.S. have lipid abnormalities.. Lipids are a type of fat ...

6. Hypercholesterolemia - Wikipedia

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   Hypercholesterolemia, also called high cholesterol, is the presence of high levels of cholesterol in the blood. [1] It is a form of hyperlipidemia (high levels of lipids in the blood), hyperlipoproteinemia (high levels of lipoproteins in the blood), and dyslipidemia (any abnormalities of lipid and lipoprotein levels in the blood). [1]

7. Cholesterol fluctuations may be a tell-tale sign of dementia

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   However, high levels of cholesterol can cause health problems, including coronary heart disease. A new study suggests that, in older people, fluctuating cholesterol levels may increase dementia risk.

8. Framingham Risk Score - Wikipedia

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   The results: 82% of patients had low risk (10% or less CHD risk at 10 years). 16% had intermediate risk (10-20%). 3% had high risk (20% or more). [23] High risk was most commonly found in patients with advanced age and was more common in men than women. [medical citation needed]

9. Millions of Americans already have high cholesterol in their ...

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   As many as 27% of Americans in their 20s and 30s have high cholesterol and don't know it, much less manage it, because guidelines don't call for screening to start until age 40.