Cholesterol Reduction Club

According to a new study, patients who have routine blood tests done by their primary care physician often are never informed about the results.

Despite calls to stop the practice, executives from the insurance industry’s top three insurers–UnitedHealth Group, Wellpoint, and Assurant–say they will continue to cancel the insurance policies of some sick patients.

A health reporter answers some of the most commonly asked questions about healthcare reform to help you understand this process as it moves through Congress.

U.S. drugmakers have agreed to pay out $80 million in discounts to seniors over the next decade in an effort to help pay for President Obama’s healthcare reform plan.

Though previous research had suggested that cholesterol-lowering statins might help protect the elderly from pneumonia, a new study has found this may not be the case.

A new study funded by drugmaker Pfizer has found that global efforts to lower bad (LDL) cholesterol levels have been working in the past decade.

In a new study, Pennsylvania researchers found that a commercially available red yeast rice product significantly decreased the cholesterol in 62 patients with high cholesterol.

Scientists say they may have found out why the French suffer far less heart disease than Americans, despite having a diet high in fat and alcohol consumption, especially wine.

Experts discuss a hair loss drug that fights prostate cancer, a cough medicine that may increase the chances of conception, and seven other drugs that work to treat more than one condition.

Patients are full of complaints about their doctors, but many doctors feel the same way about some of their patients.