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Should You Treat High Triglycerides?
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Should You Treat High Triglycerides?

Sadiya Khan, MD | November 3, 2023

Cholesterol numbers and their significance often take center stage in discussions about cardiovascular health. However, there’s another number that tends…

Lowering Your LDL Cholesterol: How Low Should You Go?
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Lowering Your LDL Cholesterol: How Low Should You Go?

Antonio M. Gotto, MD, DPhil | October 30, 2018

New medications let you dial down bad cholesterol to extremely low levels. But could this backfire?

Total Cholesterol Over 200? You May Not Need a Statin.
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Total Cholesterol Over 200? You May Not Need a Statin.

Suzanne Steinbaum | January 30, 2018

The subject of statins and cholesterol is a super-complicated one. And your doctor probably doesn't have time for super-complicated. In-a-rush…

Snooze Your Way to Better Cholesterol
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Snooze Your Way to Better Cholesterol

May 27, 2016

A high level of HDL, the good kind of cholesterol, protects your heart and your brain. You’ve heard plenty about…

What You Don’t Know About Statins (Could Hurt You)
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What You Don’t Know About Statins (Could Hurt You)

May 25, 2016

Cholesterol-lowering statins, touted as “wonder” drugs, are in the news—again. And the news is not all good. Here’s the latest…

Forget “Bad” Cholesterol. Here’s the Number You Should Really Worry About
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Forget “Bad” Cholesterol. Here’s the Number You Should Really Worry About

Stephen T. Sinatra, MD | March 28, 2016

Old habits die hard. For several decades, doctors have focused on low-density liprotein (LDL), the so-called “bad cholesterol,” as a…

Lowering Cholesterol the Natural Way
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Lowering Cholesterol the Natural Way

Mark A. Stengler, NMD | March 5, 2014

The general medical community pays lip service to diet and lifestyle changes as a first line of therapy for abnormal…

If You Don’t Want to Take a Statin…
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If You Don’t Want to Take a Statin…

Allan Magaziner, DO | February 25, 2014

There are natural ways to effectively reduce your heart attack risk. As the controversial new guidelines on statins begin to…

Beware! Your Cholesterol Numbers Might Not Mean What You Think
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Beware! Your Cholesterol Numbers Might Not Mean What You Think

Mark A. Stengler, NMD | June 13, 2013

For years, getting your cholesterol checked meant finding out whether your cholesterol numbers — total cholesterol... LDL "bad" cholesterol... and HDL…

Eat This Fruit to Lower Cholesterol
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Eat This Fruit to Lower Cholesterol

Lorraine Dahlinger | March 6, 2013

Sure, statin drugs such as Lipitor and Zocor can be effective in bringing down elevated cholesterol—and, therefore, your risk for…

How Low Should Your LDL Go?
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How Low Should Your LDL Go?

Ronald P. Mensink, MSc, PhD | October 4, 2012

"Keep your LDL cholesterol low" is practically a medical mantra now. It’s a greater struggle for some folks than for…

When "Good" Cholesterol Isn’t So Good
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When "Good" Cholesterol Isn’t So Good

Steven R. Jones, MD | August 29, 2012

For years, we’ve heard about two forms of cholesterol -- the "bad" low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and the "good" high-density lipoprotein…

When Cholesterol Just Won’t Go Down
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When Cholesterol Just Won’t Go Down

Anne Carol Goldberg, MD | August 13, 2012

State-of-the art treatment can reduce LDL by up to 75% Most of the estimated 42 million Americans with high cholesterol…

How Low Should You Go?
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How Low Should You Go?

Mark A. Stengler, NMD | January 9, 2012

Why low cholesterol may not be better for you When it comes to cholesterol, the message that most of us…