high cholesterol
noun
: too much cholesterol in one's blood
My doctor told me that high cholesterol can lead to serious medical problems such as heart attacks and strokes.
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However, people with high cholesterol or other heart disease risk factors may need to take special precautions with eggs.16
Eating eggs may increase your high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol.
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Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 6 June 2025
Leave a comment View Comments Eating the Mediterranean way has been linked to reductions in the risk for breast cancer, dementia, depression, diabetes, high cholesterol and memory loss.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
His technologies have already been distributed in labs globally, resulting in thousands of advances in research, biomedicine, and agriculture, and have already shown life-saving results in treatment of T-cell leukemia, sickle cell disease, beta-thalassemia, and high cholesterol.
—Ashley Lan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
In the United States, conditions like type 2 diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol are manageable, yet remain poorly controlled in more than a third of patients.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
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Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 6 June 2025
Leave a comment View Comments Eating the Mediterranean way has been linked to reductions in the risk for breast cancer, dementia, depression, diabetes, high cholesterol and memory loss.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
His technologies have already been distributed in labs globally, resulting in thousands of advances in research, biomedicine, and agriculture, and have already shown life-saving results in treatment of T-cell leukemia, sickle cell disease, beta-thalassemia, and high cholesterol.
—Ashley Lan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
In the United States, conditions like type 2 diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol are manageable, yet remain poorly controlled in more than a third of patients.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for high cholesterol
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“High cholesterol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20cholesterol. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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