THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a major breakthrough, doctors at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology ...

SCTIMST performs its first LDL apheresis for Familial Hypercholesterolemia, dramatically lowering cholesterol in a 34-year-old patient.

Patients undergoing bariatric surgery for obesity showed significant declines in the use of lipid-lowering and antidiabetic medications up to 15 years after the procedure compared with patients with ...

Patients who stop taking cholesterol medications before surgery are following outdated recommendations, and significantly increasing their risk of death if they don't resume taking the medications ...

If it continues to work in further studies, a gene therapy in development could eliminate the need for daily pills or regular ...

Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm is one of the most dramatic medical emergencies a person can face. It usually strikes without warning, killing approximately 50 percent of those who experience ...

Struggling to keep your cholesterol in check? Our cholesterol levels peak between 55 to 65 years old, according to research ...

Here's some exciting news for your heart: The rules around cholesterol just got simpler, smarter and more personalized with an earlier start on primary prevention. On March 13, the American College of ...

New guidelines recommend routine cholesterol screening for adults starting around age 20. Children should be screened for inherited high cholesterol between the ages of 9 and 11. The guidelines ...

WHEN YOU SEE your doctor, they may advise movement to improve your cholesterol numbers. But what kind of exercise, exactly, should you be doing? For years, experts have pointed to cardio as the best ...