The truth about ‘good’ cholesterol.

HIGH density lipoproteins; HDL cholesterol; CHOLESTEROL; LDL cholesterol

And a class of drugs developed to increase HDL cholesterol did a great job of upping numbers but didn't make a difference when it came to cardiovascular disease risk. That finding suggests it may be necessary to revisit how HDL cholesterol is used in the cardiovascular disease risk calculator, Pamir says. The role of race As researchers work toward a fuller understanding of HDL and how it might be better used as a clinical measure, the view of HDL cholesterol as uniformly "good" is still out there. [Extracted from the article]

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