Achieving and maintaining a serum uric acid target below normal levels (<0.36 mmol/L or 6 mg/dL) in the first year reduces the risk of dying substantially. Lower uric acid level targets should be ...

I am an 85-year-old woman who is physically, mentally and socially active and in quite good health, except for osteoporosis ...

I can’t be 100% sure that you have blockages. A high calcium score does not mean that there are blockages inside the blood ...

I can’t be 100% sure that you have blockages. A high calcium score does not mean that there are blockages inside the blood vessels as calcium can only be in the outer layer of the blood vessels.

I can't be 100% sure that you have blockages. A high calcium score does not mean that there are blockages inside the blood ...

These reassuring findings are bolstered by genetic studies showing lifelong very low LDL-C levels (<1.4 mmol/L; <55 mg/dL) are associated with lower cardiovascular risk than in the general population, ...

Eligibility requirements included age ≥21 years and having two LDL cholesterol measurements at or above the age- and sex-specific 75th percentile value 24 and triglycerides ≤5.65 mmol/L (500 mg/dL).