Cholesterol Management

Each of us wishes for good health — for ourselves, for our children, for our extended family. So when a doctor diagnoses a disorder -- especially one of genetic origin, one ...

Often, in my work as a speech-language pathologist, I advised clients — mostly public-school students — on the importance of advocating for themselves. ...

Since I was 21, I’ve known I have seriously high cholesterol. With untreated total cholesterol as high as 450 and a family history to catch the attention ...

None of us wants to have the kind of high cholesterol that doesn’t respond adequately to changes in diet and activity. None of us wants to be ...

I was 63 in 2017, when I first met my current cardiologist, and I’d come prepared. After spelling out my family history — father and brother dead at 50 and 27 ...

I always assumed I’d die young. This may sound shocking to most people, who hope and even expect to live well into their 80s, 90s, and beyond. For those ...