For the first time since 2018, a clinical guideline from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart ...

Lipoprotein(a) is a genetically inherited cholesterol particle that significantly increases the risk of premature ...

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 ...

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 ...

It may sound surprising: how can someone with perfect cholesterol still have a heart attack? But that’s exactly what longevity expert Dr. Vassily Eliopoulos, a Cornell-trained doctor, has been warning ...

While 86 million adults in the United States have high cholesterol levels, one-third of Americans say they haven’t had their numbers checked in the past five years. Getting your cholesterol tested — ...

If you value independent local news, become a sustainer today. Your gift could help unlock a $1M challenge. And I'm Ari Shapiro, good morning. A new study suggests that even people with normal or low ...

Even with normal reports, short-term illnesses like flu or infections may increase the risk of heart problems. A doctor ...

Altering a single gene may help people lower dangerously high levels of cholesterol and other fats in the blood, according to new research presented Saturday at the annual meeting of the American ...

A single dose of an experimental drug dramatically reduced levels of a deadly form of cholesterol, often thought to be untreatable, for up to one year. Lipoprotein(a) is a type of cholesterol that ...