The Conversation reports C-reactive protein is a superior heart disease risk marker over cholesterol, urging universal ...

You know how one fender-bender can block up traffic for hours, fueling road rage? Well, the same thing happens when your LDL cholesterol level is too high and it bangs up your liver by contributing to ...

Since the 1990s, scientists have known cholesterol is important in Alzheimer's, but they gained little traction in their efforts to understand the relationship between the lipid and the disease.

Scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden report that immune cells in the liver react to high cholesterol levels and engulf excess cholesterol that can otherwise cause damage to arteries.

A precursor of cholesterol, previously categorized as harmful, can protect cancer cells from cell death. In a groundbreaking study, a team led by Würzburg Professor José Pedro Friedmann Angeli has ...

Hyperthermia, a cancer treatment using controlled heat to kill tumor cells, shows promise but faces limitations due to some tumor cells' unexpected heat resistance. Researchers from Japan have now ...

A fluid that women with advanced ovarian cancer know all too well - ascites, the buildup of liquid in the belly - may be ...

Researchers discover novel targets for bladder cancer therapeutics and demonstrate that a new combination of existing drugs, including statins, blocks tumor growth in mice. Like all cancers, bladder ...

They’ll support your overall heart health, too.

Ascites—the buildup of liquid in the belly—may be doing more than causing discomfort. A Duke University School of Medicine ...