Regulating cholesterol levels is crucial for heart health. There are two types of cholesterol (we’ll explain the difference between “good” and “bad” shortly), and if you have too much of the kind that ...

A retrospective analysis of the Framingham Offspring study suggests that higher levels of non-HDL cholesterol at a young age are highly predictive of elevated levels at midlife. Authors say their ...

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Having elevated cholesterol during the teens or early twenties increases a person's risk of having a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular event during middle age. Having elevated cholesterol ...

Our risk of developing atherosclerosis -- 'furring' of the arteries -- can begin much earlier in life than was previously thought, highlighting the need to keep cholesterol levels low even when we are ...

Getting your cholesterol and glucose levels in a healthy range at a young age could save you from an Alzheimer’s diagnosis later in life. Lindsay Farrer, chief of biomedical genetics at the Boston ...

Knowing your numbers early matters. A study published in Circulation in 2023 linked elevated childhood cholesterol levels with an increased risk of problems such as heart attack and stroke in midlife.

BOSTON (CBS/CNN) -- Your cholesterol levels at age 35 could give insight into your brain health decades later. Researchers at Boston University found people with lower HDL - or "good" cholesterol - ...