One in five heart attack patients today is younger than 40, a significant increase from a decade ago ...

High cholesterol usually causes no symptoms, but very high cholesterol and cholesterol-related artery disease can sometimes ...

High cholesterol has become an increasingly common health concern. When unhealthy cholesterol levels remain elevated for a ...

High cholesterol levels often are a family problem, passed down from one generation to the next. One form of inherited high cholesterol is familial hypercholesterolemia, which commonly is ...

Cholesterol tests are well-established as an important part of a routine health screening—for adults. For young people, it's another story. Relatively few children and teenagers are screened for ...

You’ve likely heard of high cholesterol—a health issue that 86 million Americans over 20 deal with, raising their risk of cardiovascular diseases like heart attack and stroke. And while 47 million ...

Experts say you can't feel cholesterol building up in your arteries, but around ages 50 to 60 the levels begin to rise.

A recent study by ICMR-INDIAB has shown that there is a rising cholesterol problem in India. In India, 9 out of 10 adults are found to have abnormal levels of blood lipids, which puts them at risk of ...

Stress and your diet could be increasing your cholesterol levels. Here is how it happens and know the signs to take timely ...

When C. Michael Gibson of Boston saw his doctor in the spring of 2023, the blood test results were confusing. His cholesterol levels were decent — he was already taking statins to keep the “bad” ...