Not all LDL cholesterol is created equal. Some particles of this blood fat are large and buoyant and breeze easily through your circulatory system. But other particles are small and dense—and four ...

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 ...

"Small, dense particles of LDL are much more inflammatory than larger particles," says Paul Ziajka, M.D., Ph.D., a clinical lipidologist with the Southeast Lipid Association. Here's how to snuff the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

When it comes to eating nuts for better cholesterol, a little goes a long way. Just a handful (1 ounce) of nuts a day, such ...

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 ...