Berkeley, CA - Researchers have gained new insight into how alcohol confers cardioprotection. They have found that in healthy subjects, a diet including moderate consumption of alcohol stimulates ...

Scientists at UCLA described a previously unknown step in the complex process by which dietary cholesterol is processed in the intestines before being released into the bloodstream. The finding might ...

Since the 1990s, scientists have known cholesterol is important in Alzheimer's, but they gained little traction in their efforts to understand the relationship between the lipid and the disease.

Mutations in LXRα lead to liver cholesterol buildup, hepatitis, and fibrosis in individuals on a Western diet, highlighting the receptor's role in maintaining liver health. Study: Damaging mutations ...