High Blood cholesterol news

PDAs, More Education Help Doctors Follow Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines

A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that patients with high cholesterol…    

Statins cut stroke risk by one fifth, study finds

Cholesterol-lowering drugs cut the risk of strokes by about a fifth, according to a pooled analysis of…    

Evidence weak on new cholesterol tests: U.S. study

New tests that measure individual particles of LDL—so-called bad cholesterol—may one day help doctors predict which patients will…    

Statins cut strokes even with normal cholesterol

Statins, such as Lipitor and Mevacor, are very popular drugs for lowering high cholesterol levels. Now, new research…    

Few U.S. teens need cholesterol-lowering drugs

Fewer than 1 percent of adolescents in the U.S. are candidates for cholesterol-lowering drugs, based on updated guidelines…    

Researchers make synthetic HDL cholesterol: study

U.S. researchers have developed a synthetic form of good cholesterol known as HDL they hope will be able…    

Synthetic HDL: A new weapon to fight cholesterol problems

Buttery Christmas cookies, eggnog, juicy beef roast, rich gravy and creamy New York-style cheesecake. Happy holiday food unfortunately…    

Aggressive cholesterol lowering has benefits: study

In people with type 2 diabetes, intensive drug therapy to significantly lower “bad” LDL cholesterol reduces the…    

Study associates 11 new gene sites with cholesterol, triglyceride levels

An international research team has identified 11 novel locations in the human genome where common variations appear to…    

Researchers learn that some ‘good cholesterol’ isn’t good enough

If you think your levels of “good cholesterol” are good enough, a new study published in the December…    

Cholesterol in the News: Answers and More Questions

Understanding cholesterol is more than figuring out what’s good and bad.

Although much is known about…    

High Cholesterol Levels Drop Naturally in Children on High-Fat Antiseizure Diet

Elevated cholesterol levels return to normal or near normal levels over time in four out of 10 children…    

Lowering Cholesterol Early in Life Could Save Lives

With heart disease maintaining top billing as the leading cause of death in the United States, a team…    

Red yeast rice, fish oil fight high cholesterol

A regimen of supplements and lifestyle coaching is just as effective as statin medication for reducing levels of…    

Fish oil and red yeast rice studied for lowering blood cholesterol

A great deal of scientific evidence shows that cholesterol-reducing medications known as statins can help prevent coronary…    

Gene Variants Linked to Metabolic Syndrome and HDL Cholesterol Levels

Nutrition researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified five common genetic variations that…    

Genetically-Caused Low HDL Cholesterol Not Linked With Higher Risk of Heart Disease

Lower levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol due to a gene mutation is not associated with an increased…    

Less frequent cholesterol checks okay with a statin

New research suggests that during the first several years of cholesterol-lowering statin treatment, random fluctuations in total…    

Chocolate bar shown to lower cholesterol

The results of a University of Illinois study have demonstrated an effective way to lower cholesterol levels –…    

New research shows neuroprotective effect of lovastatin

High cholesterol levels are considered to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease including stroke. Therefore, many cholesterol…