Do you know your cholesterol numbers? What do they really mean? MPR News host Angela Davis talks about cholesterol, heart ...

Welcome to the adult world, where health professionals say health screenings — from blood pressure checks to cholesterol ...

Researchers at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of ...

Ages 40 to 65 see a period of turmoil in the brain that has previously been overlooked. But identifying problems during this ...

Green tea is a type of brewed tea with several health benefits. Drinking green tea daily may lower your total and LDL cholesterol levels, reducing your risk of heart disease.

People with good physical fitness in their 30s and 50s have more elastic arteries later in life. This is shown in a new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal Scientific Reports, ...

If your doctor has ever told you to "keep an eye on your numbers," here's good news: The rules around what’s considered high ...

At my company, we have an organizational chart. Everyone knows it exists. And it’s one of the least important documents in our company. That probably sounds like heresy to anyone who spent their ...

Researchers analyzing over 20,000 patients found that very high levels of the inherited cholesterol particle Lp(a) dramatically raise the risk of stroke, cardiovascular death, and major heart ...

It’s best to eat within about two hours of waking up if you have high cholesterol. Skipping breakfast can contribute to higher cholesterol levels (and other adverse health effects). Choose breakfast ...

Heart specialists now recommend that everyone get tested for lipoprotein(a). Here’s what to know about it. The American Heart Association and other cardiac groups now recommend that everyone should be ...

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 ...