Hospitals and Healthcare

New research has reignited a debate about whether children should be screened for high levels of cholesterol, which is often inherited and can begin early.

Five numbers give a thumbnail assessment of overall heart health and what factors people might need to address to lower the risk of a heart attack or stroke. These numbers offer ideal goals for most people, although targets vary for individuals based on age or other health conditions.

These cholesterol-lowering medications have gotten a bad rap. Here’s why.

Ian Munro's gung-ho decision to go off medication and manage his condition with diet and exercise nearly cost him everything. Lying in a hospital bed his family was told a dozen times to prepare to say goodbye.

The drug combination has huge potential and would cost just "pennies a day", say the researchers.

The reason statins can make your muscles sore or weak was unclear—until scientists accidentally stumbled upon an answer.

“Polypills” of generic drugs may dramatically reduce heart attacks and strokes in poor countries, a new study suggests. Some experts still aren’t enthusiastic.

New drugs could cut cholesterol by up to 75 per cent and prevent thousands of strokes, heart attacks and deaths, but there's a catch.