Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MDMedically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD Normal HDL and LDL cholesterol ranges vary by age and assigned sex. HDL cholesterol is the "good" cholesterol you ...

Even though it often gets a bad rap, cholesterol is actually essential for health. Your body needs cholesterol for important functions like building cells and creating hormones like estrogen and ...

Anyone who has annual check-ups, as I do, knows that an optimal cholesterol level consists of not one number but two. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) should be less than 130 milligrams per ...

LDL and HDL are two forms of cholesterol associated with heart health. Keeping them within an optimal range reduces your risk of heart disease. Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD Cholesterol ...

In a traditional observational analysis, associations of LDL-C with incident chronic kidney disease (CKD), atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), and all-cause mortality were U-shaped or ...

High and low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) but not levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) are associated with an increased risk for dementia in older adults, a ...

So-called “good” HDL cholesterol may not be as healthy as experts once thought, a new study suggests. The new study, published Wednesday in Neurology, found that having either high or low levels of ...

'Good' (HDL) cholesterol, usually considered to be beneficial for health, may be linked to a heightened risk of the serious eye condition, glaucoma-at least among the over 55s- suggest the results of ...

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