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June 27, 2026 High Cholesterol by the Numbers

High cholesterol in data: how common it is, why it is usually silent, and why a simple blood test matters.

Statins are among the most prescribed and most argued-about medicines there are. What high cholesterol means, what statins do, ...

A hidden, inherited risk factor for heart disease that most people have never had measured. What Lp(a) is, why it matters, and ...