Millions more adults should consider starting cholesterol-lowering medications earlier to reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke, according to new medical guidance.

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Eleven medical organizations advised changes to preventive cardiac care that it says could markedly reduce heart attacks and strokes.

Major medical organizations updated the cholesterol playbook for the first time in years, with new risk tools, lower targets and earlier treatment recommendations.

The American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association and nine other leading medical associations, today issued an updated guideline for the management of dyslipidemia-abnormal ...

Trying to lower cholesterol? Dietitians say snacking at this common time of day may work against your heart-health goals.

The test can help assess your lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease. That, along with earlier treatment for high ...

Menopausal women are more likely to develop high cholesterol because of a drop in estrogen. While thinking of menopause, ...

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

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 ...

A multidisciplinary team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), has conducted a series of landmark studies demonstrating that statins can lower the risk of ...