Is cholesterol the problem? Or just a response to the body’s inflammation and infectious issues? Why do we need cholesterol? Is the cholesterol you eat the issue — or the type that your body makes?

When we hear about high cholesterol, most of us think about it causing heart attacks or strokes. And it scares us. According to the National Health Library, high cholesterol itself does not cause ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Since researchers first established the link between diet, ...

The issue of cholesterol is a lot more complicated than most people think – there are as many as eight different blood tests ...

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Coming under the category of sterols, cholesterol is a type of lipid. Fats, waxes, oils and hormones all fall under the category of lipids and so does the much dreaded term ‘cholesterol’, which is ...

Muscles play an integral part in regulating cholesterol levels, according to animal studies by Australian researchers - making muscles a prime target for future cholesterol-lowering drugs. The study ...

A recent study published in Nature provides new insights into genetic predispositions to Alzheimer’s disease. The E4 variant of the APOE gene is accepted as the predominant genetic risk factor for ...

The hypothesis: cholesterol and lipoproteins like LDL are inherently good and necessary unless they become unbalanced either through genetics or lifestyle choices. From last week: It turns out that ...