A man who ate “very extreme amounts of fat and protein” as part of the carnivore diet suddenly developed yellow lumps on the palms of his hands — deposits of excess cholesterol under his skin, his ...

Health specialists are urging people to look out for an uncommon marker on your hands that could be a warning sign of a serious health issue. Specifically, petite nodules near the knuckles might ...

Cholesterol often gets a bad rap, yet not all cholesterol should be feared. It's essential to recognize that there are two types of cholesterol - commonly referred to as "good" cholesterol and "bad" ...

High cholesterol, or hypercholesterolemia, affects nearly 1 in 3 American adults—yet it often goes undetected until a serious event like a heart attack or stroke occurs. It's one of the major ...

Q. I have a family history of high cholesterol, and my internist prescribed Lipitor many years ago. It was a miracle drug that kept my cholesterol at a normal level. After taking the medicine for ...

One man in his 40s ended up at a Florida hospital with cholesterol coming out of his body. He told doctors he ate 6 to 9 pounds of cheese, sticks of butter, and hamburgers every day, according to a ...

What could go wrong with eating an extremely high-fat diet of beef, cheese, and sticks of butter? Well, for one thing, your cholesterol levels could reach such stratospheric levels that lipids start ...

Since the late 1980s, statins have been the mainstay of cholesterol management, lowering low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels and preventing countless heart attacks. Yet many patients do not achieve ...

According to researchers at the University of South Australia, that sunny-side-up on your plate might actually be doing your ticker a favor. A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical ...

Most people associate high cholesterol with an unhealthy diet and a sedentary lifestyle—a condition that develops over many years and you only need to worry about as you get older. However, this isn't ...