Entries Tagged as ‘Cholesterol 101’

June 25, 2008

Cholesterol 101

High cholesterol levels have long been viewed as a major cardiac risk factor.  Dr. Robert Levy, former director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, points to elevated cholesterol as “the chief factor for heart attack.”  But just as higher cholesterol levels increase the risk for heart attack, decreased levels forecast a reduction in [...]