SaveHealth reports that high cholesterol affects 1 in 3 Americans, often without symptoms until serious events occur. It is ...

Most guidance for management of hypercholesterolemia apply across patient demographics and characteristics. However, there ...

If screening points to high cholesterol, the test should ideally be repeated within 2 weeks to confirm the diagnosis.

HealthDay News — Pharmacologic treatment of hypercholesterolemia falls short of U.S. and European guidelines, according to a study published online June 30 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

After finding out you have hypercholesterolemia, your medical team may recommend medication to lower your high cholesterol levels and thus reduce your risk of heart attack, stroke, and other life ...

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When discussing high cholesterol with patients, physicians should consider the possibility of familial hypercholesterolemia, according to Ijeoma Isiadinso, MD, MPH, FACC, FASNC.Familial ...

The placebo-controlled study is aimed at assessing the safety and efficacy of zodasiran in adults and adolescents with HoFH.

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disease due to lack of functional LDL receptors. Receptor activity is approximately half of normal in heterozygous FH (HeFH).

Patients with severe hypercholesterolemia who are unresponsive to a number of lipid-lowering therapies, including a PCSK9 inhibitor and high-dose statin, can have a significant reduction in ...

Unlike ordinary high cholesterol, familial hypercholesterolemia happens because of a gene change that runs in your family. Most people with the FH inherit it from one parent.