Low-fat diet may lead to high cholesterol - In India, as many as 10 per cent of the affluent urban upper classes now fall victim to coronary artery disease, a figure approaching the levels of th...

High cholesterol - High cholesterol, or hypercholesterinaemia, is conventionally treated with a low-fat diet, and a statin or anion-exchange resin drug. The drugs, howev...

High cholesterol: - First up this week is the reader seeking suggestions to bring down her stubbornly high cholesterol level. Lecithin seems to be top of the list of bad-...

‘Bad’ Cholesterol: It may protect against cancer - People who try to reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering their levels of the ‘bad’ LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol may develop cancer...

Cholesterol: Too high or too low and it can lead to cancer in diabetics - Low – and high - levels of LDL cholesterol may cause cancer in diabetics, a new study has found.

Low fat diet: a violent end - More on the cholesterol debate (WDDTY Vol 3 No 1). ...

What factors, other than diet, lead to high cholesterol? - Q:A recent blood test has shown my blood cholesterol level to be 6.8, above the current acceptable level. I have always been fairly careful to follow...

Cholesterol: The Mediterranean diet reduces the risk - Forget statins – the traditional Mediterranean diet can reduce the levels of LDL cholesterol dramatically, even among people who are at high risk of h...