If you want to maintain healthy cholesterol levels, the first step is knowing your numbers and what they actually mean—but at ...

Regulating cholesterol levels is crucial for heart health. There are two types of cholesterol (we’ll explain the difference between “good” and “bad” shortly), and if you have too much of the kind that ...

Scientific consensus panels going back decades established—“beyond a reasonable doubt”—that lowering LDL cholesterol reduces the risk of heart attacks. Consistent evidence “unequivocally” establishes ...

Indians face heart attacks even with normal cholesterol due to a unique lipid pattern, low HDL, high triglycerides, insulin ...

LDL cholesterol alone doesn’t tell the full story. Doctors explain how Apo B and Lipoprotein(a) tests can reveal hidden heart ...

That said, extremely low LDL, especially if it falls below 20–25 mg/dL, may cause problems in some individuals. Studies have ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband and I recently achieved the near impossible task of becoming attached to a family doctor! After many years without getting tested, our first order of business was a complete ...

On the surface, this looked like an unusual case of heart attack. This 40-year-old patient of mine had a very desirable LDL ...

High blood level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is a major causative factor of coronary heart disease. Medicine- and/or diet-mediated reduction of LDL level is known to reduce the risk ...

People whose LDL cholesterol is in the normal range—even those without metabolic risk factors—may yet have levels of apolipoprotein B (apoB) that predict an elevated risk of future atherosclerotic ...