More than 38% of Connecticut adults reported having high cholesterol in 2023, according to data from America's Health ...

FRIDAY, March 27, 2026 (HealthDay News) — The American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and nine other leading medical organizations have updated guidelines for managing ...

Eleven major medical organizations have issued new guidelines for managing cholesterol and screening for heart disease at a much earlier age than previously recommended. Experts say the update has ...

Baltimore — Updated for the first time in six years, clinical guidelines for screening and managing cholesterol now recommend earlier screenings — as young as nine years old — for those with a family ...

If your doctor has ever told you to "keep an eye on your numbers," here's good news: The rules around what's considered high cholesterol have gotten clearer—and a little more personal. In March, the ...

New cholesterol guidelines advise doctors to begin screening and treating people in their 30s, long before the risks of a heart attack and stroke become significantly higher. For the first time, the ...

Recently, I found myself in a situation that could soon be familiar to a lot more Americans: sliding into a CT scanner with a ...

A regular cholesterol test is useful, but it doesn't always capture the complete picture of heart disease risk.