- What is it?
- What are the symptoms?
- How common is it?
- What will happen to me?
- How do doctors diagnose it?
- Questions to ask your doctor
- What treatments work?
- Summary
Too much bad cholesterol in your blood increases your risk of some serious health problems. If you have high cholesterol, you are more likely to have a heart attack or a stroke. But there are things you can do to reduce your cholesterol.
We've brought together the best research about high cholesterol and weighed up the evidence about how to treat it. You can use our information to talk to your doctor and decide which treatments are best for you.
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