“Consuming foods high in sugar, such as pastries, can significantly impact your cholesterol profile, primarily by altering ...

One of the most common questions I hear from patients is, "My cholesterol was flagged as abnormal, but you told me everything looked good. How can that be?" Recently, a patient named Rose asked ...

Lowering cholesterol doesn’t have to be complicated. By making a few strategic changes to your daily diet—like adding oatmeal ...

Many of us only think about cholesterol when a doctor flags it during a routine check-up or when experiencing severe symptoms ...

Discussions about heart health often center around blood pressure and cholesterol, with factors like poor sleep, smoking, family history of heart disease, and chronic stress thrown in. However, ...

Overall, average levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides and low­density lipoprotein cholesterol have continued to decline post-2010, according to a study published in JAMA Cardiology. Researchers ...

Experts share the common evening habits that may be working against your cholesterol goals, plus what to do instead.

What Is a Lipid Profile? Lipid profile, or sometimes referred to as lipid panel, is a blood test that's used as a screening tool for abnormalities in lipids, such as cholesterol and triglycerides. It ...

Scientists are digging into the ways dairy proteins affect metabolic and cardiovascular systems — with results that might surprise you. Andi Breitowich works across digital and print magazines ...

Every day, your liver assembles billions of tiny cholesterol-carrying particles and ships them into your blood. How many it ...

In a 15-patient, Phase 1 one, first-in-human trial, a one-time, CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing therapy safely reduced LDL cholesterol and triglycerides in people with difficult-to-treat lipid disorders, ...

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