New guidelines show cholesterol numbers alone don’t tell the full story. Here’s what doctors say matters most for heart ...

What you eat influences your cholesterol levels. Whole grains, healthy fats, and foods high in fiber can help lower your ...

New data analyzing more than 20,000 patients from three major NIH studies show that elevated Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is ...

ApoB testing outperforms traditional cholesterol measures in preventing heart attacks and strokes while remaining ...

New recommendations suggest that some people should start trying to lower their cholesterol as early as age 30.

A registry study of 55,000 youths with type 1 diabetes finds that nearly 10% have elevated LDL cholesterol, yet over 90% remain untreated.

Cardiologists explain the biggest misconception around heart health, and why waiting for symptoms is "the wrong strategy." ...

Stopping cholesterol medication can trigger silent LDL rebound, destabilize plaques, and sharply increase heart attack and ...

Eating too much red meat can raise “bad” LDL cholesterol due to its saturated fat content, increasing the risk of plaque ...

Cholesterol is often discussed as good versus bad. Most people only know the basics- Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is bad, and High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol is good. However, ...

Coronary atherosclerosis – a hardening of the arteries due to a build-up of fat and cholesterol – can lead to heart attacks and other forms of coronary heart disease (CHD). Lowering low-density ...

Along with diet and exercise, is there another way to lower high cholesterol and get our levels where they need to be? In a ...