Melbourne researchers are helping expand options for people with high cholesterol that puts them at risk of heart attack or stroke, including world-first drugs for potentially deadly conditions.

Excess cholesterol is known to form artery-clogging plaques that can lead to stroke, arterial disease, heart attack, and more, making it the focus of many heart health campaigns.

A little more than a month after AstraZeneca jumped into the fray with the purchase of a rival heart drug candidate, Eli ...

Since the discovery of statins and the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S) results three decades ago, remarkable advances have been made in the treatment of dyslipidaemia, a major risk factor ...

At AHA, Phase 2 results from Eli Lilly and Silence Therapeutics are seen as signs of a "major new path" of cardiovascular ...

A clinical trial testing muvalaplin, a novel oral medication, was able to safely and effectively lower high levels of ...

The highest dose of an experimental pill developed by Eli Lilly dramatically lowered an inherited form of high cholesterol in a mid-stage trial, according to data presented at a medical meeting on ...

Experts have started thinking more broadly about what puts a person at risk for heart disease, still the leading killer in the U.S.

Managing diabetes and high cholesterol often requires lifestyle changes, such as eating healthier, exercising, and sometimes ...

Eating plant-based foods that are rich in fiber and healthy fats through what’s long been known as the portfolio diet is one ...

Research shows that 1 in 8 adults in the US has used one of the popular GLP-1 medications, most of them trying to manage ...

Statins are widely used medications to lower high cholesterol, and many people rely on rosuvastatin, a popular drug in this ...