With so much emphasis on lowering cholesterol to prevent heart disease, it's easy to forget that our body needs cholesterol. Find out the dangers of dangerously low cholesterol here.

What are the risk factors for high cholesterol and therefore heart disease? What factors are in your control?

High cholesterol levels (hypercholesterolemia) are linked to heart disease. An in-depth look at the effects of heart health and cholesterol.

This could be your wake up call! Calculate your chances of having heart disease over the next 10 years based on your cholesterol levels.

A key finding further details the link between cholesterol and heart disease. Get the inside story on what was found and how it could affect your health.

What is cholesterol? Find out here, and learn all about interpretation of cholesterol levels and the risk factors for heart disease here.

Dr. Joy Bauer talks about the dangerous role high cholesterol plays in heart disease. She also discusses things you can do today to help control cholesterol.

A simple ratio of total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol may be the best way to determine heart disease risk. Read more here.

Since high levels of cholesterol are linked to heart disease, your doctor might order a cholesterol test as part of a routine check up. What does the test involve, and what do the results mean?

Check out this list of ways to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease. Click on each to get great info and tips to lower cholesterol.

Great articles on cholesterol and diet compiled together in this website - check it out and start eating better today.

Get great heart-healthy recipes to help lower your cholesterol while eating well. Also learn about cholesterol-lowering foods.

Read a brief summary of the Framingham study that established that high cholesterol and heart disease are linked.

Did you know some people have a genetic variation that naturally lowers their cholesterol? Find out more about what this means for their heart health.

High cholesterol by itself has no symptoms. The end result, however, is usually heart disease. Read more here.

Since high cholesterol is a precursor to heart disease, cholesterol lowering medicines may be used to bring cholesterol numbers down. What are they?