Current AHA guidelines call for healthy Americans to bring LDL below 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) of blood, while ...

Statins are widely prescribed medications used to lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

I am a healthy 84-year-old who exercises regularly, eats meat and dairy sparingly, doesn’t smoke, and has a BMI about 25. (I’m 6 feet, 1 inch tall, at ...

Statin drugs are some of the most commonly prescribed medications in the world. They are used to lower cholesterol and reduce ...

(Read on for more detailed information in our most recent Best Buy Drug report on use of statins in adults to lower cholesterol.) But the situation is different with children. Statins approved by ...

Verve Therapeutics has started dosing patients in a phase 1b trial of its in vivo gene-editing drug for high cholesterol, designed to permanently switch off the PCSK9 gene with a one-shot treatment.

Cholesterol is something that you usually associate with food, but the warning signs could be - quite literally - in your ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a healthy 84-year-old who exercises regularly, eats meat and dairy sparingly, doesn’t smoke, and has a ...

Some factors, such as recent meals or medication, can affect test results. If you have concerns about your cholesterol levels, it’s always best to consult with a healthcare provider. What is the ...