Cholesterol is not all that bad as long as it is in the right proportion. It is of two types — good and bad cholesterol, the former being HDL and the latter LDL. It is a fatty substance in the blood ...
In a traditional observational analysis, associations of LDL-C with incident chronic kidney disease (CKD), atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), and all-cause mortality were U-shaped or ...
The use of intensive lipid-lowering therapy by means of statin medications is recommended after transient ischemic attack (TIA) and ischemic stroke of atherosclerotic origin. The target level for ...