High Cholesterol

Half of all people who’ve been prescribed meds for high cholesterol don’t take them. Here's how to stay on plan.

Learn what can happen in the body when your LDL rises—and how that ups your risk of heart attack and stroke.

Medication may be a must to protect your heart health, even if you’re doing everything else right.

A woman’s “bad” LDL can rise as her estrogen levels drop, upping her risk for cardiovascular disease.

Let two top cardiologists explain the good, the bad, and, yep, the ugly about LDL and HDL cholesterol.

Do you know what triglycerides are? Triglycerides are that number included at the end of every cholesterol panel. You know, the one your doctor usually ignores and most people don’t even know is there. What exactly does this neglected value mean? Tri...

Reports from cholesterol lab tests cover a lot of ground. But what does it all mean?

So, how much cholesterol can you have per day on a low cholesterol diet? This is a pretty common question for anyone who has been told to lower their cholesterol levels. Firstly, let me say that cholesterol naturally occurs in all parts of the body, ...