The Silent Health Risk Could Be Hiding in Your Blood

Eleven medical organizations agree that you should start getting your cholesterol levels checked starting in your 30s to prevent strokes and heart attacks. High cholesterol doesn't have symptoms for the most part, it's sometimes called "the slient killer."

If you have a family history of heart issues or you are at risk of heart disease, you can have blood work done starting in your 30s and continue to track it into old age. Heart disease the leading cause of death in men and women.

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