San Antonio, TX - Regular visits to the supermarket's "tofu and soy" section may help your patients' heart health - even patients with normal cholesterol levels. Results from a randomized clinical ...

Regulating cholesterol levels is crucial for heart health. There are two types of cholesterol (we'll explain the difference between "good" and "bad" shortly), and if you have too much of the kind that ...

In a recent study published in the American Journal of Cardiology, researchers performed a prospective cohort study in the general population enrolled in the United Kingdom (UK) Biobank to understand ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a healthy and fairly active 62-year-old female. My blood pressure and cholesterol levels have always been very good, and there’s no history of heart issues in my immediate family.

Glasgow, Scotland - Data from a new analysis of one of the large statin trials raise some questions as to which lipoprotein measurements are most appropriate in determining the risk of coronary heart ...

Despite its nickname as the “good cholesterol” because of its cardiovascular benefits, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol was linked to as much as a 42% increased risk for dementia in older ...

A 22-year-old woman has a higher-than-normal HDL level, which raises her total cholesterol despite a normal LDL. Would you treat the elevated HDL? Her life insurance premium was raised because she has ...

In a recent study published in the journal JACC Advances, researchers in the United States examined the presence of coronary atherosclerosis using coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) in ...

Vitamin D helps maintain bone health and is found in certain foods, supplements, and sunlight when it interacts with the skin. Cholesterol is a fatty substance found in cells that helps make hormones ...