You’ll be given a blood test and will be able to view your results online. If anything needs to be addressed, a doctor or nurse will talk to you about ways to lower your cholesterol.

A novel molecular pathway to explain how a mutation in the gene ACTA2 can cause individuals in their 30s -- with normal cholesterol levels and no other risk factors -- to develop coronary artery ...

Harvard medical student, Dr. Nick Norwitz ate 720 eggs in a month to study the effects the "fowl" diet had on his cholesterol and saw that his levels dropped nearly 20 percent.

Normal LDL cholesterol levels are associated with the build-up of atherosclerotic plaques in our arteries even in those with so-called optimal risk factors by current standards: blood pressure ...

A lipid profile test is a blood test that measures total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglyceride levels. If your cholesterol levels are abnormal, your healthcare provider ...

“If you have a genetic predisposition to high blood cholesterol levels, diet has very little influence so medication, such as statins, is usually required,” he says.“Even for an ‘average ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m 80 years old.My doctor ordered a fasting blood test, which showed that my LDL cholesterol is 119 mg/dL; my HDL is 68 mg/dL; my cholesterol/HDL ratio is 3-to-1; my total ...

Millions of Americans take drugs to lower their cholesterol. Now there's proof that statins can even protect those with normal levels.

Studies suggest that increasing dietary cholesterol by 100 milligrams per day will increase total blood cholesterol levels by 2.2-2.5 milligrams per deciliter, on average.

For instance, the oldest participants with high HDL levels (those 75 or older) were 42% more likely to have developed dementia than those with normal HDL levels, and overall, anyone with high HDL ...