January 28, 2016 'The Biggest Loser' trainer shares top heart healthy exercises ‘The Biggest Loser’ trainer, Dolvett Quince, knows how to get anyone back in tip top shape. Now he’s challenging Americans to achieve better cardiovascular health with heart-pumping exercises and tips
December 22, 2015 Government panel backs preventive statin use by adults 40 and over Aligning with heart health groups and other experts, a U.S. government-backed panel now suggests that adults as young as 40 without a previous heart attack or stroke may need to start on a low or moderate dose of cholesterol-lowering drugs.
December 1, 2015 High cholesterol rate dropping in US, CDC says Americans are moving in the right direction when it comes to cholesterol levels, a new report finds.
November 9, 2015 Advising people about heart risk genes helped cut cholesterol: study People who were told their genetic risk for heart disease had lower levels of LDL, the so-called bad cholesterol, six months later, according to a new study that offers a first glimpse of how doctors might use genetic information in clinical practice.
October 29, 2015 Popular cholesterol drugs may make flu vaccine less effective Millions of people who take statins to lower cholesterol may not get maximum protection from flu vaccines, two new studies suggest.
October 28, 2015 Statin guidelines change, but your doctor may not go along New guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association would change the way doctors prescribe cholesterol-lowing statin drugs, but not every doctor agrees with the new strategy
October 28, 2015 Statins may improve sexual health in older men Statins, the cholesterol lowering medications used by millions of Americans, may do more than just decrease the risk of stroke and heart attack; they may also improve sexual health in older men.
October 28, 2015 Institutions aim to improve survival rates for in-hospital heart attack patients A hospital is a bad place to have a heart attack.
October 28, 2015 Cholesterol drugs may curb strokes among low-risk older adults Cholesterol-lowering drugs such as statins may reduce the risk of stroke in low-risk elderly patients, a French study suggests.
October 28, 2015 Patients seeking alternatives to statins may undergo rigorous vetting A powerful new class of drugs promises to change the management of heart disease for high-risk patients who struggle to get their cholesterol levels under control—a group that numbers in the millions.
