Lowering that ‘bad’ cholesterol to keep your heart healthy

Keeping your cholesterol levels within target is important to avoid clogging up your heart arteries.

The Star MalaysiaEMALIN ZALANI2026-09-30 02:00查看原文 ↗

Excess LDL cholesterol is one of the components of plaque that silently builds up and narrows arteries, which we are unlikely to be aware of if we don’t screen for it. — Magnific

A high cholesterol reading may be a wake-up call, but whether medication is needed depends on more than the number alone.

High cholesterol, like diabetes and hypertension (high blood pressure), can often have no symptoms, meaning a person may not realise they have the condition.

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