How to lower your cholesterol naturally with plant-based foods, fiber, healthy fats, exercise, and smart habits—plus, when statins may still be necessary.

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Most adults in the US and Japan expected larger reductions in 10-year risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) than statins offer. At current effectiveness levels, about one third or ...

Cholesterol-lowering statins have transformed the treatment of heart disease. But while the decision to use the drugs in patients with a history of heart attacks and strokes is mostly clear-cut, that ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have a question for your column. What is the number of LDL cholesterol that would necessitate taking statins? I am an active 51-year-old female and weigh 126 pounds at 5 feet, 2 ...

Dr. Charles Hennekens, a medical school professor and heart disease researcher at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla., says too many patients at high risk of heart attacks and stroke are ...

Research challenges the “low-risk” classification in type 2 diabetes, reporting fewer deaths and cardiac events with statins.