Hoping to prevent coronary heart disease, doctors issued aggressive new guidelines Tuesday that could nearly triple the number of Americans taking drugs to lower their cholesterol. The guidelines, ...

CHICAGO, IL – It's been a full 365 days since the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) presented their "paradigm-shifting" clinical guidelines for the management ...

New cholesterol guidelines recommend a more personalized approach in risk assessments, a returned focus on LDL target levels and new drug options for those at highest risk for cardiovascular disease.

On May 15, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute issued major new guidelines on the prevention and management of high cholesterol in adults. The guidelines are the first major update in nearly ...

CHARLESTON, SC – Just last November, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) published new clinical guidelines for the management of cholesterol, and the ...

All children ages 9 to 11 should be screened at least once for high cholesterol, according to new guidelines; although some say this advice may amount to unnecessary testing. The new recommendations ...

Oh boy, a bunch of new cholesterol guidelines! Why should I care this time? The guidelines, issued last week by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, are more aggressive than earlier ones.

There’s a good reason why high cholesterol is known as a “silent killer”. In most cases it has no symptoms but potentially ...