New medical guidelines aim to head off damage early with lifestyle changes, screening tests and medication.

The American Heart Association advised changes to preventive cardiac care that it says could markedly reduce heart attacks and strokes.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between 2015 and 2018, almost 12% of U.S. adults ages 20 and up had high total cholesterol, defined as above 240 mg/dL. The type that ...

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Cholesterol is often considered harmful, but it is needed by the body to perform several functions. The problem lies in high ...

(Family Features) Getting your cholesterol checked, and talking with your doctor about steps to control high cholesterol, could save your life. If you, or someone you love, have experienced a heart ...

Professor Gilbert Thompson, who has died aged 93, played a leading role in showing how “bad” cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein or LDL cholesterol) is processed by the body and how faults in this ...

I’m a dietitian, and this is what helped my mom bring her LDL down.

An experimental pill called enlicitide was found to dramatically lower LDL (“bad”) cholesterol by ~60% in a large phase 3 clinical trial. The study enrolled nearly 2,900 adults already on statins who ...

Wondering what happens to your cholesterol and blood pressure when you eat eggs daily? Here is what the research actually ...

Getting your cholesterol checked and talking with your doctor about steps to control high cholesterol could save your life. If you, or someone you love, has experienced a heart attack or stroke, you ...