HDL cholesterol can transform from good to bad actor in heart-disease process
HDL cholesterol can transform from good to bad actor in heart-disease process
We’ve all heard about the importance of raising HDL, or the so-called “good” cholesterol, and lowering LDL, or “bad” cholesterol, to improve heart health. While we’ve come to assume HDL cholesterol is an inherently good thing, a new study shows that for a certain group of patients, this is not always the case. The study is the first to find that a high level of the supposedly good cholesterol …
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