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 ...

New recommendations suggest that some people should start trying to lower their cholesterol as early as age 30.

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 ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m 80 years old. My doctor ordered a fasting blood test, which showed that my LDL cholesterol is 119 mg/dL; my HDL is 68 mg/dL; my cholesterol/HDL ratio is 3-to-1; my total ...

WASHINGTON, DC — One in three children undergoing routine lipid screening in primary-care pediatric clinics have cholesterol levels considered high or borderline high, according to a new analysis [1].

A machine learning model predicts low-density lipoprotein cholesterol from routine lab data, offering a low-cost way to ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 63-year-old man taking 20 mg of rosuvastatin a day, and my blood showed that my total cholesterol level was 136 mg/dL; my HDL was 47 mg/dL; and my LDL was 70 mg/dL. I was then ...