New recommendations from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association encourage earlier cholesterol screening and a stronger focus on lifetime heart disease risk.

The updated guidance, published March 13 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) and Circulation, replaces the 2018 cholesterol guidelines and reflects a major shift in how doctors ...

The update was jointly published in the journal Circulation and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The recent ...

Lipid-lowering therapy can be considered with a 10-year PREVENT-ASCVD risk estimate of 3% to <5% (borderline) and should be considered for those at 5% to <10% (intermediate) 10-year risk. For ...

Millions more adults should consider starting cholesterol-lowering medications earlier to reduce their risk of heart attack ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association and nine other leading medical associations, today issued an updated guideline for the management of dyslipidemia-abnormal ...

WASHINGTON and DALLAS, March 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association and nine other leading medical associations, today issued an updated ...

For primary prevention patients at high risk, such as those with a 10-year risk > 10%, the LDL target is less than 70 mg/dL (class 2a recommendation). For this group, treatment begins with a ...

Cardiology groups say adults as young as 30 should assess cholesterol risk and consider treatment to prevent heart attacks ...

C-reactive protein (CRP) is produced by the liver in response to inflammation. High-sensitivity CRP (hs-CRP) testing detects low-grade, chronic inflammation and is the most validated blood test for ...

Esperion Therapeutics ESPR reported earnings per share (EPS) of 22 cents for the fourth quarter of 2025, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 23 cents. The company had incurred a loss of 10 cents ...

A recent study published in Engineering has shed new light on the relationship between cholesterol levels and mortality risks ...