If you want to maintain healthy cholesterol levels, the first step is knowing your numbers and what they actually mean—but at ...

Depending on how you look at it, it’s either incredibly frustrating or a major relief that the number one cause of death in the U.S. is preventable. Yes, we’re talking about heart disease. According ...

Regulating cholesterol levels is crucial for heart health. There are two types of cholesterol (we’ll explain the difference between “good” and “bad” shortly), and if you have too much of the kind that ...

When you get the results from a routine blood screening, some familiar terms and numbers may jump out: cholesterol levels that point to a risk for heart disease, for example, and A1C, a blood sugar ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Can you please provide details on which cholesterol numbers to pay attention to? Half of my numbers are in the “good” range, and the other half are in the “bad” range. My total ...

Scientific consensus panels going back decades established—“beyond a reasonable doubt”—that lowering LDL cholesterol reduces the risk of heart attacks. Consistent evidence “unequivocally” establishes ...

Indians face heart attacks even with normal cholesterol due to a unique lipid pattern, low HDL, high triglycerides, insulin ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Do you know your numbers, things like cholesterol and blood pressure? A new national survey shows many Americans don't. It's important to know your numbers because you usually ...

If you are concerned about your risk of developing cardiovascular disease, you’ll usually get a specific blood test to look at your cholesterol levels to see where things stand. At least, that’s how ...

Having “normal” cholesterol levels is often seen as a green signal for good heart health, but growing evidence suggests otherwise. The long-held belief that normal LDL automatically means low cardiac ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 74-year-old woman with good cholesterol numbers and normal blood pressure. I’ve exercised regularly since I was 17 (that’s 57 years), and weigh 98 pounds. I have no history of ...