If you want to maintain healthy cholesterol levels, the first step is knowing your numbers and what they actually mean—but at ...

Depending on how you look at it, it’s either incredibly frustrating or a major relief that the number one cause of death in the U.S. is preventable. Yes, we’re talking about heart disease. According ...

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Cholesterol, found in our blood and in the food we eat, is a misunderstood compound that we have been instructed and cautioned for decades to fear. We have been told that if we eat cholesterol, then ...

Healthy runners probably don’t lend much thought to cholesterol numbers. But more than 12 percent of American adults over the age of 20 have high cholesterol (levels greater than 240 mg/dL), according ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am confused about overall risk for heart attack and stroke for my husband and I based on our cholesterol numbers and other risk factors. We are both in our 60s, never smoked, have ...

In a thought-provoking social media update, a physician questions the traditional notion that one LDL cholesterol number ...

Textbook cholesterol numbers don't guarantee a healthy heart. Experts reveal hidden risks like ApoB, Lp(a), and insulin resistance, often missed by standard tests. These factors, alongside ...

“Drinking adequate water is definitely a support to lowering cholesterol, but it cannot be used as a single-handed treatment ...

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