You’ve been told cholesterol is dangerous—but could your diet be misunderstood when it comes to heart health?

Plus, how often you should get your levels checked.

DEAR DR. ROACH: My doctor recently suggested I start taking a statin. After reading some of the recent literature, it appears that statin therapy is more controversial than in the past. From my ...

A major new U.S. cholesterol guideline is shifting the focus toward earlier, more personalized prevention of heart disease. It urges people to start screening sooner—sometimes even in childhood—and ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A largely unknown genetic cholesterol marker that can indicate an elevated risk of heart disease or stroke is being inadequately explored, according to a Staten Island ...

High cholesterol in women can be cause by factors like lifestyle choices and health conditions. Learn more about the causes ...

For the first time since 2018, a clinical guideline from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association for screening and managing blood cholesterol levels has been updated and ...

You have had the cholesterol conversation with your doctor enough times that the numbers feel familiar. LDL, HDL, ...

Monitoring your cholesterol levels is one thing you can do to keep your heart healthy and stave off your risk of heart ...

Updated for the first time in six years, clinical guidelines for screening and managing cholesterol now recommend earlier ...

For more than a century, cardiovascular disease has remained the leading cause of death in the U.S. Yet these last 100 years ...

New research being presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Istanbul, Turkey (May 12–15), reveals ...