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No good for your heart: Good cholesterol doesn't lower cardiac arrest risk

Keeping Low-Density Lipoprotein or LDL (known as bad cholesterol) under check is good for your heart. But raising levels of good cholesterol may not have any impact on your heart disease risk, a new study says.

Diet can impact cholesterol levels

Questions and answers about diet and cholesterol.

U.S. cholesterol rate falls, study shows

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Only 13.4 percent of U.S. adults have high cholesterol, a federal agency said on Tuesday, possibly reflecting better diet, more exercise and the increased use of prescription drugs to lower the risk of heart attacks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey in 2009 and 2010 revealed a 27 percent decline over 10 years in the percentage of adults with high ...

Fitness in Middle Age Lowers Medical Costs Later: Study

THURSDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) -- Subsidizing exercise and fitness-related lifestyles in middle age could significantly reduce the ballooning cost of health care in later years, a new study of more than 20,000 people suggests.

Coffee buzz: Study finds java drinkers live longer

One of life's simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers are a little more likely to live longer. Regular or decaf doesn't matter.