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Hot flashes and high cholesterol
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Haylen_WebMD_Staff posted:
Attention ladies: Click the link to read this WebMD article:

Study Shows Hot Flashes in Menopause May Predict High Cholesterol

After taking into account other heart disease risk factors they found hot flashes and, to a lesser extent, night sweats to be predictive of higher cholesterol The more hot flashes the women had, the higher their LDL "bad" and HDL "good" cholesterol.

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