Third-year Feinberg student Tyler Smith has worn many hats. He’s a self-proclaimed “math nerd,” former collegiate cross country and track athlete and former AmeriCorps member. Smith never envisioned ...

Replacing sedentary time with 30 minutes of exercise—or this other surprising daily habit—may help reduce your risk.

Panic attacks are often confused with heart attacks. While panic attacks may feel life-threatening, they aren't. A heart attack is a blockage of blood flow to the heart. When the heart doesn't get ...

Dispensing healthy food, local produce as medicine is what they’re practicing daily at the no-cost medical center serving the ...

Subjects in this study were recruited at their workplace. They were not repeat participants of cholesterol-lowering studies or patients at lipid clinics, were not familiar with dietary modifications ...

SaveHealth provides an in-depth look at cholesterol-fighting atorvastatin, its mechanism of action, clinical significance, and its impact in combating one of the most pervasive chronic health ...

Many US adults—especially young adults and women—are unaware they have high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol, BIDMC study finds.

Knowledge of cholesterol targets was particularly poor among women, nonwhites, and patients without any college education. Patients with multiple cardiac risk factors and patients with a previous ...

Menopause can affect cholesterol levels, increasing the risk of heart disease. Here’s what to know and how to manage it.

In a global trial of over 2,500 patients, obicetrapib dramatically reduced LDL cholesterol levels when added to standard lipid-lowering therapy, offering new hope for those at highest ...

I can’t be 100% sure that you have blockages. A high calcium score does not mean that there are blockages inside the blood vessels as calcium can only be in the outer layer of the blood vessels.

cholesterol levels in patients whose cholesterol remained elevated despite statin use, according to research published in The Lancet. The randomized, double-blind study enrolled 407 participants ...