Cholesterol-lowering medications, like ezetimibe, may cut liver cancer risk by 31%. Discover how this breakthrough could help ...

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Nov. 4, 2024 — In addition to lowering your cholesterol, keeping your brain healthy and improving mental health, new research suggests omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may help ward off a variety ...

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Current AHA guidelines call for healthy Americans to bring LDL below 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) of blood, while those who’ve had a heart attack or stroke are encouraged to drop LDL at least ...

The U.S. government's premier research body has made an important discovery that could help create new drugs to lower "bad" cholesterol, and hopefully prevent heart attacks and stroke. But the ...

What's the best way to lower them? As Laufs points out, it's the person that's treated, not the cholesterol levels, so any ...

Medications alone aren't the only means to lower cholesterol levels. Some over-the-counter alternative high cholesterol treatments can help -- but others don't fulfill their promise. "While there ...

Doctors should not ignore high levels of LDL (bad cholesterol) when treating patients, but they now know other factors should be considered before prescribing medications.

High cholesterol is one of the biggest risk factors for cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death in the US. Every year, about one in three Americans will die from a heart attack ...

The U.S. government’s premier research body has made an important discovery that could help create new drugs to lower “bad” cholesterol, and hopefully prevent heart attacks and stroke.