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Understanding cholesterol is more than figuring out what's good and bad. Although much is known about this waxy substance that's in all body cells and its relationship with heart disease, much is still uncertain. Doctors suspect that the relationship may be more complicated than previously believed. The September issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource provides an overview of cholesterol and recent news about cholesterol medications.

CHICAGO - Older people who have had a stroke or mini-stroke benefit from cholesterol-lowering statin drugs just as much as younger people do, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday."Even though the majority of ...

New research finds no definitive link between Vytorin and cancer risk, but it also suggests that the cholesterol-lowering drug cannot curb cardiovascular disease.