For many people, healthy lifestyle habits are the foundation of cholesterol management. Eating a nutritious diet, getting regular physical activity, maintaining a healthy weight, getting enough sleep, ...

Cholesterol refers to a diverse group of fats that serve a number of necessary functions in the body. Cholesterol helps keep cells from freezing, helps absorb fat soluble vitamins, serves as an ...

One of the world's largest studies on the impact of cholesterol-lowering medication has good and bad news for the 200 million people who take statins or other medication for high cholesterol. One of ...

Cholesterol is the stuff that your doctor nags you about after every checkup. Most people just freak out about heart attacks or clogged arteries, but honestly, hardly anyone talks about what ...

High-density lipoprotein (HDL), or “good” cholesterol, may play a vital role in conserving healthy brain matter in middle-aged adults, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report. The findings, ...

Naturally occurring chemicals in cannabis have been shown to reduce cholesterol–and the risk of deadly fatty liver disease, ...

Eating a cup of cranberries per day may improve memory, ward off dementia and reduce ‘bad’ cholesterol in those aged 50- 80 years old. The corresponding study was published in Frontiers in Nutrition ...

It's generally considered a good thing to have elevated levels of HDL cholesterol, also commonly referred to as "good" cholesterol. But new research indicates that when those HDL levels climb too high ...