Lowering Blood Cholesterol Diet Links

Diet is key to lowering bad cholesterol

Much has been written about the link between heart disease and cholesterol.

Personalised cholesterol treatments for patients

New research may pave the way to personalised cholesterol treatments that help prevent heart attacks.

Dr. Paul G. Donohue: Can cholesterol become too low?

Dear Dr. Donohue: I am a 78-year-old male and have blood tests and physicals every year. In 2001, my cholesterol was 225 mg/dL (5.8 mmol/L). Every year it was lower, until this year it was 94 (2.4). My LDL was 29 (.75), and my triglycerides 36 (0.4). My weight stays between 138 and 144 pounds. I am 5 feet 6 inches tall. My appetite is good. I am not nor have I ever been on a low-cholesterol diet ...

Call to subsidise heart pill for 1.3m patients

A POLYPILL that combines three drugs to lower blood pressure and cholesterol should be subsidised for all Australians with more than 5 per cent risk of a heart attack or stroke within five years, experts have recommended in a new report.

Explaining An Important Genetic Cardiovascular Risk Factor

New findings reported in the September issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, appear to explain why people who carry specific and common versions of a single gene are more likely to have high cholesterol and to suffer a heart attack. Studies in mice show that the gene, known as sortilin (SORT1), controls the release of LDL (a.k.a. "bad") cholesterol from the liver into the ...