Your doctor hands you a cholesterol report filled with abbreviations and numbers. The test measures four key components that predict the risk of heart disease and stroke. Understanding what these ...

For years, medical advice has been clear: high levels of high-density lipoprotein, commonly known as good cholesterol, are beneficial for heart health. Meanwhile, low-density lipoprotein, the ...

Food expert Ioannis Zabetakis has explained the four foods and drinks you should get more of to boost heart health ...

A cardiologist says total cholesterol doesn’t reveal true heart disease risk—and points to six lipid markers that offer a clearer, more accurate picture of cardiovascular health.

Once upon a time, cholesterol was simple. This molecule, it was proclaimed, came in two varieties: an artery-clogging “bad” sort and an artery-clearing “good” one. The difference was not in the ...