In March, The American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and nine other medical associations recommended ...

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 ...

I’m 67 and in decent shape. I run 3-4 miles three times a week and lift weights three days a week. I take 20 mg of ...

For decades, assessing cholesterol risk has been built around a simple idea: Lower “bad” cholesterol, lower your chance of a heart attack. The test at the center of that approach measures how much low ...

If you’ve ever pushed a potato to the side of your plate or taken the bread off your sandwich because you thought it would wreck your health goals, you’re not alone. Carbs have been cast as villains ...

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 ...

High cholesterol has mostly been seen as a problem in middle age. But doctors are now warning that unhealthy cholesterol levels, fatty liver and poor metabolic health are increasingly showing up in ...

It’s nearly the start of a new year and many of us are planning our resolutions. One that I’ve been weighing up is whether to get a cholesterol test. My dad had a heart attack at a relatively young ...

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

The American Cancer Society’s newest recommendations include blood tests, in addition to stool tests and colonoscopy.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 67 and in decent shape. I run 3-4 miles three times a week and lift weights three days a week. I take 20 mg of rosuvastatin daily. My LDL cholesterol is 85 mg/dL, and my HDL is ...