It is of utmost importance to maintain healthy cholesterol levels. While cholesterol is essential for various bodily functions, having too much cholesterol in your bloodstream can lead to serious ...

A regular cholesterol test is useful, but it doesn't always capture the complete picture of heart disease risk.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 73-year-old man. I exercise regularly, eat a healthy diet and have not eaten beef or pork in over 40 years. In spite of all of this, I was diagnosed in January 2022 with a 90% ...

Millions of people take statins like Simvastatin (above) to lower their cholesterol levels. Newer PCSK9 inhibitor drugs can drop levels even further. Someone in the United States dies from heart ...

NEW ORLEANS — Lowering the level of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol to below 40 mg/dL — well beneath current poststroke guideline targets — reduced major cardiovascular events without ...

Share on Pinterest Scientists tested the effects of an intensive oatmeal diet on reducing LDL cholesterol levels. Grace Cary/Getty Images A two-day oatmeal diet reduced LDL cholesterol levels by 10% ...