Almost 25 million adults in the U.S. have high cholesterol, which puts them at a higher risk for a heart attack or stroke in ...

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 ...

A novel molecular pathway to explain how a mutation in the gene ACTA2 can cause individuals in their 30s -- with normal cholesterol levels and no other risk factors -- to develop coronary artery ...

If you're in midlife, your risk may be changing-even if your numbers aren't.

Eating oats for every meal for two days cut 'bad' cholesterol by up to 10 percent in a small clinical trial. Surprisingly, ...

Dubai: Normal cholesterol levels is now a cardiovascular risk when other risk factors are present, a study recently found, prompting doctors to recommend new lows for cholesterol. The Gupiter study, ...

Eating nothing but oatmeal for just two days might sound extreme, but it delivered a striking payoff in a new clinical trial. People with metabolic syndrome who followed a short, calorie-reduced ...

For decades doctors have been telling their patients that high levels of HDL, otherwise known as “good cholesterol,” could protect them from heart disease. But a new study suggests that having a lot ...

Labs calculate normal by testing everyone who walks through the door, including patients with undiagnosed conditions and chronic diseases. The middle 95 percent becomes the reference range, whether ...

Whether plain with little more than a splash of milk or stirred through with any and all of yogurt, honey, berries and seeds, a bowl of porridge or oatmeal has been lauded as a source of warming ...

Heart checks can feel reassuring. A clean blood test or “normal” report feels like a stamp of approval for your heart. But ...