Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Regulating cholesterol levels is crucial for heart health. There are two types of cholesterol (we’ll explain the difference ...

Our risk of developing atherosclerosis – ‘furring’ of the arteries – can begin much earlier in life than was previously thought, highlighting the need to keep cholesterol levels low even when we are ...

The guidance still suggests managing cholesterol with exercise and a heart-healthy diet, but there are a growing list of ...

We tend to think of cholesterol as something that rises slowly with age—ticking up a few points at each annual physical until all of a sudden you’re eating oatmeal and walnuts every day. But for women ...

PREVENT risk estimation starts at age 30 and incorporates lifetime risk, enabling earlier identification of patients who ...

Knowing your numbers early matters. A study published in Circulation in 2023 linked elevated childhood cholesterol levels with an increased risk of problems such as heart attack and stroke in midlife.

HDL, the so-called good cholesterol, appears to influence treatment decisions around statin therapy, according to an analysis in JACC: Advances. Compared with people who have normal HDL-cholesterol ...