You have had the cholesterol conversation with your doctor enough times that the numbers feel familiar. LDL, HDL, ...

What happens when this doctor goes keto and his LDL rockets to 574? We dive deep into the science, controversy, and personal ...

Just like ‘good cop’ and ‘bad cop’, cholesterol too has two versions or avatars. These are LDL aka ‘bad cholesterol’ and HDL aka ‘good cholesterol’. What exactly are these, why are they important for ...

For the first time since 2018, a clinical guideline from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association for screening and managing blood cholesterol levels has been updated and ...

The longer you have high levels of “bad” LDL cholesterol, the greater your risk of a heart attack. By Nicholas Bakalar LDL, or “bad” cholesterol, is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease. Now ...

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

Using cholesterol-lowering drugs more aggressively to lower LDL cholesterol levels further than traditional guidelines ...

Despite guideline recommendations, evidence from randomized trials evaluating the appropriate low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol target for secondary prevention in patients with atherosclerotic ...

Using cholesterol-lowering medications more intensively to achieve a more aggressive target for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reduced the rate of major cardiovascular events by one-third ...