Managing diabetes and high cholesterol often requires lifestyle changes, such as eating healthier, exercising, and sometimes ...

Experts have started thinking more broadly about what puts a person at risk for heart disease, still the leading killer in the U.S.

Again, Lee points out that stanol esters should not be used instead of drugs, but added to a treatment plan. Soluble fiber is very effective at lowering cholesterol. Of course, the best way to get ...

Because higher doses of a statin, and high intensity statins, reduce LDL cholesterol more, the hypothesis has been that they are better and should be used more liberally. Some treatment guidelines ...

Research from over a decade ago suggests that having blood type A may influence your risk of having high cholesterol levels.

A CRISPR gene-editing treatment has lowered cholesterol levels in a small, initial trial involving 10 people. The effect has lasted for six months since the first participant was treated ...

A new discovery about how the liver flushes cholesterol from the body could ... system such as gallstones and liver cirrhosis, in their treatment of patients, to understand better the origins ...

A better understanding of the brain's unique cholesterol factory will allow the development of new drugs to offer hope for the treatment of depression, bipolar disorder, and seizure disorders as ...

Older people whose cholesterol readings show big changes from one year to the next may be at an increased risk of cognitive problems as they age, including dementia.

Eggs, meat, and dairy can contribute to high cholesterol levels. However, you do not have to completely stop eating them. There are swaps you can make to lower your cholesterol and still enjoy ...

Most of the time, an out-of-range reading doesn't mean a child has inherited a cholesterol problem, Gregory said. The first ...

Treatment for gallstones usually involves ... deposits made in your gallbladder from substances found in bile, such as cholesterol and bilirubin. Most people don’t experience any symptoms ...