Cholesterol: You can't live with (too much of) it, but you can't live without it. High levels are a risk factor for heart disease, yet we need this fat-like substance--manufactured by the liver and ...

Unhealthy cholesterol levels are a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. Bowers, now a nursing professor at Purdue University Northwest in Hammond, Indiana, has attempted to address the ...

Many everyday foods can quietly push your LDL cholesterol higher, even if they seem harmless. From fried snacks to sugary drinks, certain ingredients disrupt your body’s balance of good and bad ...

Cholesterol is a key building block for testosterone. Through a process called steroidogenesis, cholesterol sets the stage for testosterone creation in the Leydig cells found in the testes.

Heather Bowers doesn't recall all the details of her first cholesterol screening. It was at a college health fair two decades ago, and even though her numbers came back "borderline high," she ...