"Statins are a well-studied medication that are used to reduce the 'bad' cholesterol in the body," explains Dr. Sirisha ...

Recent research highlights a complex link between cholesterol and brain health. While high cholesterol is widely recognised for increasing cardiovascular risk, evidence suggests that low levels of low ...

Cholesterol disorders affect millions of people globally and are among the leading risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, including heart attack and stroke. Statins are the first-line therapy for ...

NEW ORLEANS -- The investigational oral PCSK9 inhibitor enlicitide reduced low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in patients with or at high risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, the ...

HKUMed demonstrates that statins can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease without increasing major adverse events, providing guidance for future clinical practice in managing high cholesterol. The ...

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 ...

New guidelines for managing cholesterol call for more aggressive prevention and earlier treatment, including a recommendation that all adults be tested once for lipoprotein(a), a genetic risk marker ...

Cardiologists explain the biggest misconception around heart health, and why waiting for symptoms is "the wrong strategy." ...

Doctors should consider treating high cholesterol much earlier and more aggressively than they have in the past, according to ...

There are new guidelines on managing cholesterol from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. And one new recommendation is that every adult should get a cholesterol ...

Healthy lifestyle habits, earlier treatment to lower long-term exposure to plaque-causing lipids, new cholesterol target goals, selective use of coronary calcium scoring, lipoprotein(a) and ...

Children may have high cholesterol due to inherited conditions or lifestyle habits. Cholesterol screening is recommended for all children between the ages of 9-11 years not previously screened to help ...