Being told that you have elevated cholesterol can feel like a letdown on an otherwise good bill of health. But you aren’t alone—according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ...

High cholesterol is a health condition that can really sneak up on you. It’s something that can creep up slowly over time without you even realizing it. According to the Centers for Disease Control ...

The U.S. has a cholesterol problem. Roughly 37% of Americans have high cholesterol, a statistic that’s likely underreported, considering that, according to a 2023 study, many people with high ...

Tens of millions of Americans have high cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart disease. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd looks at how to lower your cholesterol with Dr. Leslie Cho, professor of ...

Being told that you have elevated cholesterol can feel like a letdown on an otherwise good bill of health. But you aren’t alone—according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ...

Chances are, your cholesterol isn’t something you think too much about. When it comes to your health, your thoughts may already be preoccupied with figuring out more ways to get protein, how to get ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association and nine other leading medical associations, today issued an updated guideline for the management of dyslipidemia-abnormal ...

Cholesterol is a waxy substance in your blood. Your body needs cholesterol to build healthy cells. Having too much cholesterol can increase your risk of heart disease. When you have high cholesterol, ...

Lowering cholesterol is one of the most effective ways to reduce your risk of heart disease, and it may soon be possible to get a one-and-done gene therapy to keep cholesterol and triglyceride levels ...

An experimental pill called enlicitide was found to dramatically lower LDL (“bad”) cholesterol by ~60% in a large phase 3 clinical trial. The study enrolled nearly 2,900 adults already on statins who ...