How to Use high cholesterol in a Sentence

high cholesterol

noun
  • This reduces the risk of long-term side effects like high cholesterol, heart problems, and blood clots.
    Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023
  • The same goes for women with diabetes and high cholesterol.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Fans of three-egg omelets and bacon-egg-and-cheese sandwiches have more to worry about than just high cholesterol.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2023
  • This herb may have some potential uses for menopause, bone health, and high cholesterol.
    Beth Thomas, Verywell Health, 7 June 2024
  • These drugs, commonly used to treat high cholesterol, can deplete CoQ10 levels in the body.
    Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Verywell Health, 31 July 2023
  • Similar to other forms of high cholesterol, there are no symptoms with high Lp(a).
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • More people in 2023 said they were being treated for high blood pressure or high cholesterol.
    Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Or a patient who is more than 100 pounds overweight and has pre-diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol?
    Jody Dushay, STAT, 15 Sep. 2023
  • In his mid-forties, Todd was diagnosed with high cholesterol.
    Longreads, 9 July 2024
  • At the time, there were limited treatments available for high cholesterol.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2024
  • The percentage of people who were unaware of and untreated for their high cholesterol dropped too.
    Kristen Fischer, Health, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Garlic has been used in medicine for centuries as a treatment for all kinds of ailments, like high cholesterol and coronary artery disease.
    Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 25 June 2024
  • One is called simvastatin, used to manage high cholesterol.
    Dina Fine Maron, Scientific American, 17 May 2016
  • The latter patient’s decline in high cholesterol lasted six months.
    Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 13 Nov. 2023
  • That can lead to diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and kidney disease.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The thresholds for high blood pressure and high cholesterol are lower now than in previous years, for example.
    Paula Span, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Why a respiratory virus like Covid may lead to high cholesterol is unclear.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Albert Lea has really dropped in the percentages of people with high blood pressure, same with high cholesterol.
    Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • This can increase the risk of other health conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and high cholesterol, Houghton said.
    Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Common risk factors include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and a smoking habit.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 June 2024
  • Some had out-of-range results on standard clinical tests, such as high cholesterol or glucose levels.
    Jennifer C. Lovejoy, Scientific American, 7 Dec. 2022
  • For now, the company is focusing on testing the treatment in patients with a genetic form of high cholesterol.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Changing your diet can play a central role in managing high cholesterol.
    Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 22 July 2024
  • Lifestyle changes do little for people with genetic forms of high cholesterol.
    Angela Haupt, TIME, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Online prescribing is available for birth control, ED, hair loss, high cholesterol, cold sores, and acid reflux.
    Olivia Campbell, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Drugs known as statins are the first-choice treatment for high cholesterol but millions of people who can't or won't take those pills because of side effects may have another option.
    Lauran Neergaard, ajc, 4 Mar. 2023
  • They have also been linked to high cholesterol, high blood pressure, dental health problems, gout, heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Not treating high cholesterol can lead to plaque accumulating inside blood vessels, which can lead to a heart attack or a stroke.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Those with uncontrolled high cholesterol or high blood pressure are also at high risk, as are people who smoke or use drugs or alcohol.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 1 May 2023
  • During the physical, Trump was described as having high cholesterol, a high body mass index and rosacea, a chronic skin condition that causes flushing or redness in the face.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2024

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