There was a time when high cholesterol and heart disease were considered problems of old age. That idea no longer holds ...

Over the last three decades, differences in unhealthy cholesterol levels and blood pressure between older adults with obesity and those with a normal body mass index (BMI) have narrowed or disappeared ...

The rising cases of heart attacks in young, lean individuals have shifted the focus to the cholesterol levels of people. People assume that if their cholesterol levels are normal, then they have a low ...

A powerful cholesterol-lowering drug may be changing the rules of heart disease prevention. Researchers found that evolocumab, typically used for people who already have cardiovascular disease, can ...