Unlike alendronate and similar drugs, Prolia stops working as soon as you stop taking it, so people who are on it need to ...

It’s now easier for diabetics to get good life insurance rates.

Naturally occurring chemicals in cannabis have been shown to reduce cholesterol–and the risk of deadly fatty liver disease, ...

Professor Gilbert Thompson, who has died aged 93, played a leading role in showing how “bad” cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein or LDL cholesterol) is processed by the body and how faults in this ...

Read on for the lowdown from experts, and start racking these up: It’s no surprise that nutrition is critical for heart health. “Heart-healthy eating can help improve your blood pressure, blood ...

Before the onset of cardiovascular disease symptoms, people often develop dyslipidemia, or abnormal levels of lipids in the blood. Recent studies suggest that microbes in the gut play an important ...

Scientists are testing an entirely new way to fight heart disease: a gene-editing treatment that might offer a one-time fix for high cholesterol.

Commonly prescribed heart medications, including statins and diuretics, do not negatively affect the survival of ...

If you're looking for ways to mitigate your risk of developing cardiovascular disease or experiencing a cardiac event, such as a heart attack or stroke, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) ...

Calcium might help lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Calcium can reduce cholesterol absorption by binding to it in the intestine. Most studies show little to no effect of calcium on ...

Patients worried about potential side effects of statins can rest easy, according to a new large-scale study: The vast majority of adverse effects listed on statin medications simply never occur. The ...