Hoping to prevent coronary heart disease, doctors issued aggressive new guidelines Tuesday that could nearly triple the number of Americans taking drugs to lower their cholesterol. The guidelines, ...

Some of the new rules are right, some are wrong; Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine suspects animal protein ...

CHARLESTON, SC – Just last November, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) published new clinical guidelines for the management of cholesterol, and the ...

CHICAGO, IL – It's been a full 365 days since the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) presented their "paradigm-shifting" clinical guidelines for the management ...

Jan. 15 -- Two new guidelines indicate that tens of millions more people could be regularly taking aspirin and/or cholesterol-lowering medications to prevent their first heart attack. According to the ...

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Elevated serum cholesterol is a major heart disease risk factor. There can be a genetic link responsible for high cholesterol, but for the vast majority of us, lifestyle and diet will be the key ...

SIKESTON, Mo. -- If children have certain risk factors, they and their parents can expect cholesterol screenings as early as age 2. In guidelines issued Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics, ...

You might have high LDL cholesterol and not even know it. We spoke to experts about how to monitor this health stat so you ...

The small study found that both red and white meats raised cholesterol equally. Red meat has been given a bad rep for heart health in people whose diets have a high proportion of it, but a new study ...

Cholesterol is one of those health terms we hear often but rarely think about until a test report surprises us. It is a waxy, ...

For years, medical advice has been clear: high levels of high-density lipoprotein, commonly known as good cholesterol, are beneficial for heart health. Meanwhile, low-density lipoprotein, the ...