Oil and water don't mix. But our aqueous blood is full of different types of hydrophobic lipids -- including cholesterol. In order to travel via the bloodstream, those lipids need to hitch a ride on ...

The anti-atherogenic effect of HDL may involve reversal of LDL transport, inhibition of lipoprotein oxidation, and anti-inflammatory endothelial activity, all of which can turn lipid-rich plaques into ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Low HDL is linked with heart disease risk but raising it does not reduce heart-related events. Because HDL does ...

Once upon a time, cholesterol was simple. This molecule, it was proclaimed, came in two varieties: an artery-clogging “bad” sort and an artery-clearing “good” one. The difference was not in the ...

A new study suggests that very high levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) may be associated with higher mortality risk in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Investigators ...