Tom Castañeda from South Texas Health System discussed an upcoming episode of South Texas Healthy Living focused on high cholesterol. The episode aims to educate ...

Nearly 30% of pharmacies in the United States closed between 2010 and 2021, according to a new study in the journal Health ...

While eggs haven’t historically been considered a " health food ," the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) now classifies ...

A breakthrough in understanding how a single-cell parasite makes ergosterol (its version of cholesterol) could lead to more ...

US regulators on Friday approved the first drug treatment for sleep apnea, permitting the use of a weight-loss medication for ...

A breakthrough in understanding how a single-cell parasite makes ergosterol (its version of cholesterol) could lead to more effective drugs for human leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease that afflicts ...

More than a quarter of Americans over the age of 40 are taking a statin. But what happens if you are statin-intolerant?

To estimate that risk, doctors use equations that include different risk factors, such as age, cholesterol levels, and blood ...

Current AHA guidelines call for healthy Americans to bring LDL below 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) of blood, while ...

"This breakthrough is a big step forward in developing new malaria treatments," Yu said. "By focusing on PfNCR1, scientists could develop drugs that the parasite finds difficult to develop resistance ...

Malaria, caused by a parasite transmitted to humans through an infected mosquito's bite, is a leading cause of illness and ...