Cholesterol
Commuting Past Fast Food Restaurants Is Linked to Obesity, According to New Research
A new study suggests that passing the Golden Arches on your way to or from work can be destructive to your diet.
The Importance—and Danger—of TV Health News
Two new studies underscore the grave responsibility TV shows about health hold.
Fruit, Vegetables, and ... Bacon?
It turns out your biggest nutritional vice might actually not be so bad after all.
Worrying About BMI and Bad Cholesterol Numbers? Me Too
An athlete and gourmand, mugged by reality
New Statin Warnings Include Brain-Related Effects
The cholesterol-reducing drugs known as statins are popular, but the FDA wants Americans to know there are some side effects.
Statins' Link to Neuromuscular Disease Questioned
The cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins have proved remarkably popular, but might they contribute in a few cases to debilitating neuromuscular disease?
Statin Cholesterol Drug Warnings Grow Louder
New research suggests previous studies supporting widespread use of cholesterol-lowering drugs is flawed.
Cholesterol Contrarians Question Cult of Statins
The swell of support for broad use of the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins have some medical researchers fearing that side effects we already know about suggest the drugs are too little understood.