Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that's found in your blood and in all your cells. While in recent years, cholesterol has earned itself a bad name, given its association with an increased ...

Q: How much does a normal or high HDL cholesterol protect you from the adverse health effects of a high LDL cholesterol? A: Lowering elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or “bad” ...

A rise in bad cholesterol (LDL) in the arteries leads to plaque formation, reduced blood flow, and increased risk of heart disease and stroke. And as per experts, while it might be genetic, our daily ...

Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C), often labeled as “bad cholesterol,” is increasingly being recognized not just as a marker, but as the primary causal factor in the development of ...

Having “normal” cholesterol levels is often seen as a green signal for good heart health, but growing evidence suggests otherwise. The long-held belief that normal LDL automatically means low cardiac ...

A study by the American College of Cardiology has reported that adopting a vegetarian or vegan diet can lead to an average decrease of 0.34 mmol/L in total cholesterol and 0.3 mmol/L in LDL ...

With more than 2 million Australians, or about 8 per cent of the population, reported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as having high blood cholesterol levels, there is certainly good reason ...

People with low levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in their blood have a lower risk of dementia, including lower risk of Alzheimer's disease related dementia, shows a study ...

These new guidelines are adopted by the Jordanian Endocrinology Society & Jordanian Atherosclerotic Society. Amman, 15 August 2011: With a number of international studies* confirming the benefits of ...

A new medication that combines an already approved drug with a new unapproved one has been shown to cut the level of LDL, or “bad” cholestero l, when statins aren’t helping enough. In the Phase 3 ...