If you’re at risk of heart disease, your healthcare team might use the pooled cohort equation (PCE) tool to determine your long-term risk and whether taking statins — cholesterol-lowering medication — ...

Least-fit individuals on high-intensity statins had a 21% higher risk of diabetes compared with the least-fit individuals on ...

New research reveals that standard screening misses most people with a common inherited cholesterol disorder. A Mayo Clinic study reports that current genetic screening guidelines overlook most people ...

The reduction in risk is potentially significant. Lowering the amount of cholesterol in the blood by a mere 1 millimole per ...

Current genetic screening guidelines fail to identify most people with an inherited condition known as familial ...

Current genetic screening guidelines fail to identify most people with an inherited condition known as familial ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (KFSN) -- To lower your cholesterol naturally, Harvard Medical School says to cut out certain fats, back down on sugar and grain intake, and increase your fruit and veggie intake. But ...

Although overweight, obesity and high-intensity statin therapy can increase diabetes risk, new evidence demonstrates ...

A new study revealed that most people with genes that cause very high cholesterol and early heart disease are unaware of ...

Nearly 90% of people carrying genetics that cause dangerously high cholesterol — an inherited condition called familial ...

Researchers issue new warning over overlooked high cholesterol condition – here are the symptoms (and why you’re likely to ...