Patients in London have received a pioneering new gene editing therapy that lowers "bad" cholesterol after a single infusion, ...

A new way of managing harmful blood fats is emerging in the form of novel gene-editing treatments designed to inactivate or ...

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

Endeavor Health researchers have developed a new, more comprehensive test that can give a clearer picture of patients' genetic risk for coronary artery disease, better known as heart disease.

When looking at genetic variants in a person's DNA that predispose them to disease, a new study has found having a higher ...

You ordered the blood test. Your doctor didn't. Millions now monitor their own blood levels, but is consumer testing really ...

Experts have found a new type of cholesterol. And it could be the most dangerous ...

Eli Lilly said Monday that a high dose of its gene-editing therapy reduced cholesterol levels by 62% in participants in a clinical trial.

For most of us, the routine is the same. Once a year, we do a blood test. A panel comes back with thirty or forty numbers. The doctor circles two of them, or the ...

May 14, 2026 -- Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and high cholesterol is a major contributor – yet it often has no symptoms. You can feel healthy and still be at risk for heart ...

Two lifelong friends. Same food. Same habits. Completely opposite cholesterol numbers. One was told his terrible HDL was genetic. The other believed his perfect LDL meant he could eat anything. Then a ...

Very high levels are even more dangerous than better-known risks for heart-attack and stroke. “In individuals who don’t have heart disease, it seems it is equivalent to having two other modifiable ...