Doctors should begin screening for heart disease and treating people for high cholesterol levels even younger than before, ...

New guidelines recommend considering cholesterol-lowering statins in the 30s, screening all adults for hidden risk factors ...

Blood testing for cholesterol should start in childhood, and take place at least every five years to track each person’s ...

Cardiology groups say adults as young as 30 should assess cholesterol risk and consider treatment to prevent heart attacks ...

The AHA urges doctors to begin screening and treating patients who are still in their 30s, well before the risks of a heart attack and stroke are higher.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Statins are the go-to medications for lowering “bad” LDL cholesterol, reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and improving ...

The study, published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings, showsed that when ezetimibe was combined with a high dose statin to reduce levels of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), there was ...

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 cholesterol, defined as above 240 mg/dL. The type that ...