A single dose of an experimental drug dramatically reduced levels of a deadly form of cholesterol, often thought to be untreatable, for up to one year. Lipoprotein(a) is a type of cholesterol that ...

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

New research details the first oral drug for the treatment of a type of high cholesterol -- called Lp(a) -- that is a potentially more dangerous version of the so called 'bad' cholesterol, LDL, ...

Researchers have developed the world’s first oral drug to target a form of cholesterol that has previously been untreatable and is largely caused by genetics, making it difficult to control by way of ...

Most people associate high cholesterol with an unhealthy diet and a sedentary lifestyle—a condition that develops over many years and you only need to worry about as you get older. However, this isn't ...

Share on Pinterest What you buy at the grocery store won’t necessarily lower lipoproteins, but a healthy diet can still help. Léa Jones/Stocksy Older adults with higher levels of a variant of “bad ...

They’re behind millions of deaths every year – but fatty build-ups in our arteries often slip by unseen. How can we spot them ...