Research in different cohorts confirms that ultra-processed foods are linked to a heightened risk of heart disease. The ...

As with any disease, it’s pretty obvious that preventing heart disease is important. But why? What are the health ramifications of it? Well, they're pretty serious ones—including mortality—and affect ...

The latest cholesterol guidelines include three new screening tests: coronary artery calcium, lipoprotein (a), and apolipoprotein B.

Heart health experts released new guidance to help identify early risk factors for heart disease that go beyond tracking ...

The test can help assess your lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease. That, along with earlier treatment for high ...

Professor Gilbert Thompson, who has died aged 93, played a leading role in showing how “bad” cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein or LDL cholesterol) is processed by the body and how faults in this ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — New national guidelines are changing how doctors approach cholesterol and heart disease prevention. Health experts are now recommending that adults get a one-time blood test ...

Egg yolks have long been blamed for causing high cholesterol. But mounting scientific evidence suggests they were never really the problem. Egg yolks are packed with dietary cholesterol, which was ...

And while most diabetes treatment advice focuses on achieving safe blood sugar levels, it’s also imperative for people with the condition to pay close attention to their heart health risk factors.

For decades, Americans have avoided saturated fat out of concern it could raise LDL (“bad”) cholesterol, which is linked to heart disease. But newer research suggests that not all forms of saturated ...

A simple handful of pecans each day could deliver heart-health benefits, a new study found. The research, done by the Illinois Institute of Technology and published in the journal Nutrients, analyzed ...