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High cholesterol may begin in childhood, often linked to inherited conditions or unhealthy lifestyle habits.

Eating saturated fat regularly affects your LDL cholesterol levels and can raise your heart disease risk. There are simple steps you can take to lower your numbers.

It's generally safe to eat eggs every day without health concerns. Eggs are full of protein, healthy fats, vitamins, minerals ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between 2015 and 2018, almost 12% of U.S. adults ages 20 and up had high total cholesterol, defined as above 240 mg/dL. The type that ...

High cholesterol, or hypercholesterolemia, affects nearly 1 in 3 American adults—yet it often goes undetected until a serious event like a heart attack or stroke occurs. It's one of the major ...

Cholesterol is a waxy substance in your blood. Your body needs cholesterol to build healthy cells. Having too much cholesterol can increase your risk of heart disease. When you have high cholesterol, ...

After more than a century of battling heart disease as the number one killer of Americans, you would think we’d know all about it. For a good part of the 20th century, cardiologists thought they had ...

Major medical organizations updated the cholesterol playbook for the first time in years, with new risk tools, lower targets ...

The latest cholesterol guidelines include three new screening tests: coronary artery calcium, lipoprotein (a), and apolipoprotein B.

And menopause marks an essential time for women to check in on their health. Read More: How to Lower Your Cholesterol Naturally Before women go through menopause, which typically arrives around age 51 ...

From earlier cholesterol checks to new risk tests, UVA’s Dr. Christopher Kramer explains what the updates mean for your ...