Cholesterol: You can't live with (too much of) it, but you can't live without it. High levels are a risk factor for heart disease, yet we need this fat-like substance--manufactured by the liver and ...

Unhealthy cholesterol levels are a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Bowers, now a nursing professor at Purdue University Northwest in Hammond, Indiana, has attempted to address the ...

Over a century of epidemiologic studies and randomized trials have definitively established the causal role of cholesterol in the development of atherosclerosis. Total cholesterol, and later ...

This article was reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. Cholesterol is a key building block for testosterone. Through a process called steroidogenesis, cholesterol sets the stage for testosterone creation in ...

Cholesterol ratios utilize blood test results to quickly evaluate overall health and cardiovascular disease risk. They help people understand their potential for heart-related issues. Different ...

Heather Bowers doesn't recall all the details of her first cholesterol screening. It was at a college health fair two decades ago, and even though her numbers came back "borderline high," she ...