Drugs can clear congestion without punishing prostate

Q. I control my symptoms of enlarged prostate with medication. The trouble with prostate problems is that you can't take decongestants with a cold, because they can make it hard to urinate.

'Good' cholesterol doctrine may be flawed, says study

Researchers on Thursday challenged a tenet of modern medicine that higher levels of "good" cholesterol automatically boost cardiovascular health.

'Good' cholesterol doctrine may be flawed: study

Researchers on Thursday challenged a tenet of modern medicine that higher levels of "good" cholesterol automatically boost cardiovascular health.

No good for your heart: Good cholesterol doesn't lower cardiac arrest risk

Keeping Low-Density Lipoprotein or LDL (known as bad cholesterol) under check is good for your heart. But raising levels of good cholesterol may not have any impact on your heart disease risk, a new study says.

Not all 'good cholesterol' is 'good': Raising HDL not a sure route to countering heart disease

Medical researchers explored naturally occurring genetic variations in humans to test the connection between HDL levels and heart attack. By studying the genes of roughly 170,000 individuals, the team discovered that, when examined together, the 15 HDL-raising variants they tested do not reduce the risk of heart attack.