All forms of tobacco cause cardiovascular disease, and tobacco-related disease is a leading cause of death worldwide. Smoking oxidizes low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles, and oxidized LDL ...

Medical guidelines meant to reduce risk for heart disease focus on levels of cholesterol in the blood, including low-density lipoproteins (LDL), labeled “bad cholesterol,” and high-density ...

Older adults who added a handful of walnuts to their daily diet for two years saw modest reductions in LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol, as well as fewer small, dense LDL particles linked to ...

A 47-year-old premenopausal female, with no past history of hyperlipidemia, hypertension, or diabetes was admitted with an evolving inferior myocardial infarction complicated by ventricular ...

CARDIO—AEROBIC ACTIVITIES like walking, running, swimming, and cycling—not only reduces total cholesterol, LDL, vLDL and ...

Eating about ½ cup of walnuts every day for two years modestly lowered levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, known as "bad cholesterol," and reduced the number of total LDL particles ...

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Q: How much does a normal or high HDL cholesterol protect you from the adverse health effects of a high LDL cholesterol? A: ...

DURHAM, N.C. – When it comes to lipid profiles -- a key measure of heart disease risk-- it appears that African-Americans and women have it better than whites and men, according to a new study by Duke ...

A new randomized controlled trial found that eating two eggs per day may help lower LDL (bad) cholesterol. The study compared three diets to isolate the effects of dietary cholesterol and saturated ...

This column is the third in a series related to heart disease—the number one killer of both men and women in the U.S., and a major cause of disability. Almost all heart attacks are preventable, and ...