Major changes are coming to how doctors recommend Americans think about their cholesterol levels, courtesy of a change to ...

Today’s New York Times reports that two Boston-based cardiologists have spotted flaws in the online calculator for assessing who should be treated with cholesterol-reducing statin drugs. The Times ...

New recommendations suggest that some people should start trying to lower their cholesterol as early as age 30.

An online calculator developed to help doctors identify risks and treatment options associated with high cholesterol overestimates such risks by as much as 150 percent, according to a research letter ...

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

Doctors say the fight against heart disease and stroke should start decades earlier, following new cholesterol guidelines.

New cholesterol guidelines call for first screening in childhood and a stronger focus on long-term prevention of heart ...

Doctors are rewriting the heart disease playbook. New rules push statins into your 30s and tighten cholesterol limits dramatically.

Updated for the first time in six years, clinical guidelines for screening and managing cholesterol now recommend earlier screenings — as young as 9 years old — for those with a family history of ...

You have had the cholesterol conversation with your doctor enough times that the numbers feel familiar. LDL, HDL, ...

My cholesterol has been on the rise for the past few years – and not just a slow creep. For most of my life, my LDL (often referred to as ‘bad’ cholesterol) was solidly under 120 mg/dl. Over the past ...