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  1. How trans fat harm you · Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. LDL cholesterol is known as "bad" cholesterol. It can build up in the walls of arteries and ...

  2. Familial hypercholesterolemia - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic

    In more serious cases, LDL cholesterol levels can be over 500 mg/dL (13 mmol/L). LDL cholesterol also is known as the "bad" cholesterol because it can build up ...

  3. Eggs: Are they good or bad for my cholesterol? - Mayo Clinic

    But the cholesterol in eggs doesn't seem to raise cholesterol levels the way some other foods, such as those high in trans fats and saturated fats, do. Although ...

  4. Niacin to improve cholesterol numbers - Mayo Clinic

    This "good" cholesterol helps remove low-density lipoprotein, also called LDL, cholesterol, the "bad" cholesterol, from the bloodstream. But niacin isn't ...

  5. Mayo Clinic Minute: Best cooking fats for healthy cholesterol levels

    LDL is low-density lipoprotein. That's the bad cholesterol. The opposite is high-density lipoprotein. "HDL is considered a good cholesterol because it's ...

  6. Experimental cholesterol-lowering drug effective at lowering bad cholesterol, study shows - Mayo Clinic News Network

    PHILADELPHIA — Twice-yearly injections of an experimental cholesterol-lowering drug, inclisiran, were effective at reducing low-density lipoprotein (LDL) ...

  7. Mayo Clinic Q and A: Medications for high cholesterol

    Bempedoic acid has been shown to lower LDL about 15% in patients studied in clinical trials. The drug is approved only for patients with a family history of ...

  8. Mayo Clinic cardiovascular risk calculator - Medical Professionals

    ... LDL levels >70 and <190 mg/dL ... LDL levels >70 and <190 mg/dL. Risk is calculated using logic from the 10-year Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis ...

  9. Mayo Clinic Minute: What high triglycerides mean and why it matters to your heart

    You may be familiar with high-density, or good cholesterol; low-density lipoproteins (LDL), or bad cholesterol; and their connections to heart health. But ...

  10. Familial hypercholesterolemia - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    LDL cholesterol is known as "bad" cholesterol because it can build up in the walls of the arteries, making them hard and narrow. This excess cholesterol is ...