In 1985, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Michael Brown and Joseph Goldstein for identifying the receptor that clears LDL particles from the bloodstream. High blood levels of ...

Clare Collins AO is a Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Newcastle, NSW and a Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) affiliated researcher. She is a National Health ...

The leading cause of death in the United States is heart disease, accounting for roughly 1 in every 5 deaths nationwide. However, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in ...

We've all heard of the cholesterol, and most of us probably have a pretty negative connotation associated with it. After all, we generally only hear about it when it reaches levels that are ...