High cholesterol often develops silently. Some warning signs include chest discomfort and yellowish fatty skin deposits. A ...

Eggs, shrimp, and other once-forbidden foods now have the all-clear. Here are the surprising high-cholesterol foods experts ...

Getting your cholesterol checked, and talking with your doctor about steps to control high cholesterol, could save your life. If you, or someone you love, have experienced a heart attack or stroke, ...

The new oral pill enlicitide cuts bad cholesterol risk by 60% in a new landmark trial. Here are the mechanisms behind it and ...

UT Southwestern discovery could lead to a novel approach for treating heart disease and fatty liver disease. Two researchers ...

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 ...

New cholesterol guidelines emphasize the impact of healthy choices earlier in life. Here's how to improve heart health in ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between 2015 and 2018, almost 12% of U.S. adults ages 20 ...

Cholesterol is a fatty substance that exists in every cell of the human body. It plays an important role in helping the body ...

With a snip of a gene, doctors may one day permanently lower dangerously high cholesterol, possibly removing the need for medication, according to a new pilot study published Saturday in the New ...

As with any disease, it’s pretty obvious that preventing heart disease is important. But why? What are the health ramifications of it? Well, they're pretty serious ones—including mortality—and affect ...

A large genetic study found people with gene variants that lower certain cholesterol pathways had a markedly lower chance of developing dementia. The research method mimicked lifelong effects of ...