These cholesterol level charts will show you what's normal for every age and gender. Plus, a few tips for staying within a ...

High cholesterol is often the result of an unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, smoking cigarettes, obesity, or genetics. Here's ...

Many fruits are rich in vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber, and antioxidants. Pectin, a type of soluble fiber found in many fruits (including apples, citrus fruits, and berries) helps lower cholesterol ...

HDL, the so-called good cholesterol, appears to influence treatment decisions around statin therapy, according to an analysis in JACC: Advances. Compared with people who have normal HDL-cholesterol ...

A common pantry staple may be the secret to lowering cholesterol levels, according to a new study. Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology found that chickpeas, also called garbanzo beans, ...

Our risk of developing atherosclerosis -- 'furring' of the arteries -- can begin much earlier in life than was previously thought, highlighting the need to keep cholesterol levels low even when we are ...

We all know that high cholesterol is not a good thing – it increases your risk of developing serious health problems – yet with nearly 40% of people in the UK with high cholesterol levels, knowing ...

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 ...

Vitamin D helps maintain bone health and is found in certain foods, supplements, and sunlight when it interacts with the skin. Cholesterol is a fatty substance found in cells that helps make hormones ...

The largest analysis to examine the best way to lower levels of "bad" cholesterol in patients with blocked arteries shows that they should immediately be given a combination of a statin and another ...

A new study of Sardinia’s longest-living residents reveals that moderate LDL cholesterol levels may be a secret to longevity—challenging mainstream medical advice on cholesterol management. Study: The ...

This eggs-pert wasn’t yolk-ing around. Harvard medical student, Dr. Nick Norwitz ate 720 eggs in a month to study the effects the “fowl” diet had on his cholesterol and saw that his levels dropped ...