April 25 (UPI) --Women with heart disease may be prescribed cholesterol-reducing statins less frequently than men, contravening recommended treatment guidelines, according to new research ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — In addition to lowering your cholesterol, keeping your brain healthy and improving mental health, new research suggests omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids may help ward off a variety ...

Future Cardiol. 2009;5(1):1-4. That leaves extrapolation from secondary prevention women's results to support primary prevention statin use, yet the risk profiles for women in the two groups ...

High cholesterol is often inherited, he explains. After consideration of all relevant factors, a decision is made whether to ...

High cholesterol is one of the biggest risk factors for cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death in the US. Every year, about one in three Americans will die from a heart attack ...

Medications alone aren't the only means to lower cholesterol levels. Some over-the-counter alternative high cholesterol treatments can help -- but others don't fulfill their promise. "While there ...

While high cholesterol and heart disease is said to be a man's illness, research from Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute shows more women have high cholesterol than men and account for more than ...

Researchers have discovered that certain components of so-called 'good' cholesterol -- high-density lipoproteins (HDL) -- may be associated with an increased prevalence of cardiovascular disease.