High cholesterol in women can arise from modifiable factors like diet and activity, or non-modifiable ones like age, hormones, and genetics. Some factors can't be changed, but healthy lifestyle ...

If it’s higher than ideal, you’re not alone. 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 ...

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, ...

This column is the first in a series about risk factors for atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), the cause of several health problems, including heart attacks — the number one cause of death ...

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 ...

Is it possible to control LDL levels without medication? The answer is - Yes, but under strict medical supervision. Scroll down to know the top 5 lifestyle changes that can help prevent a heart attack ...

THE ROCKET SPLASHED DOWN IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. WE ALWAYS HEAR HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO WATCH FOR HIGH CHOLESTEROL. NOW KOAT, UNM HEALTH EXPERT DOCTOR RASH IS HELPING US UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO IT. HE ...

February is National Heart Month and a good time to remember that heart disease is usually viewed as a disease that affects adults, but the causes of heart ...