My cholesterol has been on the rise for the past few years – and not just a slow creep. For most of my life, my LDL (often referred to as ‘bad’ cholesterol) was solidly under 120 mg/dl. Over the past ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Lowering LDL cholesterol to less than 55 mg/dL reduces the risk of major cardiovascular events in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) better than does a higher ...

Today, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA), in partnership with multiple other societies, released new guidelines for the management of patients with ...

Eating beans can lower your LDL cholesterol by 19% and your risk of heart disease by 11%. You can eat avocados to help lower high LDL cholesterol and increase HDL cholesterol levels. Chia seeds may ...

A high global mortality rate is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly atherothrombotic ischaemic stroke and coronary heart disease. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce ...

The prevalence of severely elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) has declined in recent decades, but 1 in 17 US adults in a recent analysis had levels of LDL-C that would warrant ...

In this letter, we examine not one but three meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials to explore a provocative question: ...

Cholesterol, particularly high levels of LDL or “bad” cholesterol, is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease – often developing silently over time. While medications can play a crucial role in ...