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High cholesterol increases the risk of heart disease. How can you lower yours?

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published February 23, 2026 at 12:02 PM EST

A mans finger is pricked to test his cholesterol at the City of Newark's free homeless health fair in Newark, New Jersey. (Rick Gershon/Getty Images)

Tens of millions of Americans have high cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart disease.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd looks at how to lower your cholesterol with Dr. Leslie Cho, professor of medicine, section head of preventive cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic, and director of the Cleveland Clinic Women’s Cardiovascular Center.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Here & Now Newsroom