Vitamin D and cholesterol share a complex relationship. While vitamin D may help lower cholesterol levels, some studies ...

Uric acid levels are typically 2.5–7.0 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) in males and 1.5–6.0 mg/dL in females. Low levels are rare, but high levels can lead to gout, kidney disease ...

Participants in the study who ate pecans every day for 12 weeks were found to have an average reduction in total cholesterol by 8.1 milligrams per deciliter, or 3.6%. Other research has ...

I’m one of the lucky ones. In 2021, I had a heart attack in a ballroom full of people. I was in the middle of a dance—I’m a West Coast swing dancer—and my life would’ve been over if not ...

During the previous 6 weeks, the patient had recorded fingerstick blood glucose levels of greater than 230 mg per deciliter (12.8 mmol per liter; reference range, 70 to 100 mg per deciliter [3.9 ...