Heart disease can show itself through small visible clues long before a crisis. A deep earlobe crease may reflect vascular aging, while eyelid cholesterol deposits can mirror plaque in coronary ...

While maintaining a healthy lifestyle, new recommendations say doctors should test for LPA, a compound that moves cholesterol ...

There is something unsettling about illnesses that stay quiet for years. High cholesterol is one of them. It does not usually ...

If you’ve ever been told by your doctor to “watch your cholesterol,” you’re not alone – and it’s not just routine advice. High cholesterol is strongly linked to serious health risks that include high ...

High cholesterol is a major risk factor for heart disease, heart attack, and stroke. However, it can be difficult to tell if you have high cholesterol or if you are nearing dangerous levels, so ...

New recommendations suggest that some people should start trying to lower their cholesterol as early as age 30. By Nina Agrawal Your cholesterol levels can affect your risk of heart disease and stroke ...

A major new U.S. cholesterol guideline is shifting the focus toward earlier, more personalized prevention of heart disease. It urges people to start screening sooner—sometimes even in childhood—and ...

Despite guideline recommendations, evidence from randomized trials evaluating the appropriate low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol target for secondary prevention in patients with atherosclerotic ...

A nurse takes a patient's blood pressure at Holton Community Hospital in Holton, Kansas, on Feb. 18. (Arin Yoon/Reuters) There’s been a lot of talk about chronic diseases lately and rightly so. Heart ...

A new pill, enlicitide, reduced LDL (“bad”) cholesterol by about 60% in a large clinical trial, matching the power of injectable therapies. Because it’s taken orally, it could overcome one of the ...

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New guidelines for managing cholesterol call for more aggressive prevention and earlier treatment, including a recommendation that all adults be tested once for lipoprotein(a), a genetic risk marker ...