Even though it often gets a bad rap, cholesterol is actually essential for health. Your body needs cholesterol for important functions like building cells and creating hormones like estrogen and ...

LDL cholesterol, often called “bad” cholesterol, is significant in heart health. It’s a waxy substance in the blood that can accumulate in artery walls, forming plaque. This plaque buildup, known as ...

LDL cholesterol level < 40 vs ≥ 70 mg/dL is linked to lower rates of future major cardiovascular events in patients with ...

Brigham and Women's Hospital's TIMI Study Group reports that in patients with prior ischemic stroke, very low achieved ...

A quality improvement program helped reduce "bad cholesterol" (LDL or low-density lipoprotein) levels among military veterans ...

Panelists discuss how: LDL-C control remains a national crisis, with many patients not on therapy or failing to reach target ...

LDL levels were reduced substantially among heart transplant recipients assigned alirocumab. NEW ORLEANS — In the CAVIAR ...

One dose of an experimental drug cover offer lifetime treatment for people with high cholesterol, but its long-term safety is ...

Statin-based treatment of patients with severe hypercholesterolemia—defined by a low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level of at least 190mg/dL—is strongly recommended by both U.S. and ...

A new medication that combines an already approved drug with a new unapproved one has been shown to cut the level of LDL, or “bad” cholestero l, when statins aren’t helping enough. In the Phase 3 ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved inclisiran (Leqvio; Novartis), a small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapy, for lowering LDL cholesterol levels, the drugmaker announced today. The ...