The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the cholesterol-lowering medication Crestor for some patients who are at increased risk of heart disease but have not been diagnosed with it. Crestor would be beneficial to persons who smoke or who have high blood pressure, or low amounts of the good cholesterol HDL. Crestor is not suitable [...]

High cholesterol of the wrong sort can be a killer and it is essential that you have this checked out if you are male and over 60 years of age. Most medical practices offer cholesterol checks and your doctor will be able to advise you what steps to take if you have high bad cholesterol [...]

We know that there is good and bad cholesterol, the good counteracting the bad and it is vital that we keep the LDL or bad cholesterol as low as we possibly can, achieved through sensible eating and certain types of medication. This is vital for people suffering from type 2 diabetes, as studies have revealed [...]