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High blood cholesterol is treated with heart-healthy lifestyle changes and medicines to control or lower your high blood cholesterol. Lipoprotein apheresis is a procedure that can be used to treat familial hypercholesterolemia.

Your doctor may diagnose you with high blood cholesterol based on your medical and family history, your physical exam, or whether you have consistently high low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels on repeat lipid panel blood tests. Your doctor may do more tests to see if other medical conditions may be causing high blood cholesterol.

High blood cholesterol does not cause specific symptoms. But people who have very high blood cholesterol may show signs. Undiagnosed or untreated high blood cholesterol can lead to serious complications such as heart attack and stroke.

Your doctors will order routine lipid panel blood tests to screen for high blood cholesterol. Learn about heart-healthy lifestyle changes that your doctor may recommend to help you prevent high blood cholesterol.

Dr. Volkow discusses how taking medicine in a way that is different from what the doctor prescribed can be dangerous.

You may have an increased risk for high blood cholesterol because of your age, your family history and genetics, and your race.

Dr. Koroshetz joins Dr. Rodgers to explain the effects high blood pressure can have on the brain.

The most common cause of high blood cholesterol is an unhealthy lifestyle. However, the genes that you inherit from your parents, other medical conditions, and some medicines may also cause high blood cholesterol.

Dr. Briggs talks about meditation as a way to help with some health conditions.

Dr. Griffin Rodgers, M.D., M.A.C.P., Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases at NIH, describes the benefits of regular physical activity and shows how he integrates brisk walking into his day. Video courtesy of the National Institute on Aging.

Dr. Rodgers tells listeners about an online tool called the Body Weight Planner, developed by the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Susan Yanovski explains that healthy eating and physical activity can help you avoid extra pounds over the holidays.

Dr. Rodgers provides tips to help your kids keep their weight on track while away at college.

Dr. Rodgers points out that physical activity and healthy eating habits are both important for people who aim to lose weight and keep it off.

Dr. Rodgers and Dr. Susan Yanovski give tips for sticking to a New Year’s resolution to get physically fit and eat healthy.