T he FDA is about to or just has approve a new cholesterol-fighting drug to supplement or replace statins.  But is it taking all the 'si...

A nutrition advisory panel is convened by the US Department of Agriculture every five years to review recent research in the field, make se...

First we were told to lower our cholesterol.  This was back in the 1960's, when the first results of the then major new epidemiological...

Heart disease risk factors There's an NPR radio program called "Wait, wait.... don't tell me!" that has relevance to sci...

Dueling conclusions Headline in The Atlantic : Study: Eggs Are Nearly as Bad for Your Arteries as Cigarettes Conclusion from the actu...