Should you try to raise your 'good' cholesterol?

Should you try to raise your 'good' cholesterol?

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Should you try to raise your 'good' cholesterol?

By Angela Haupt

Editor, Health and Wellness

I've had high cholesterol most of my life, which means I basically learned "LDL" and "HDL" around the same time as the alphabet. Higher levels of HDL cholesterol are linked to lower chances of heart problems. But is it possible to boost these levels—and do we actually need to? Sarah Klein got surprising answers from cardiologists.

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