Clinical trials under way are expected to provide even stronger evidence of the value of intense cholesterol lowering, Dr. Fuster and others said.

It's hard to imagine that something like cholesterol lowering or blood pressure treatment could explain it.

In the elderly, low cholesterol may confer a health risk that may not be offset by the beneficial effects of cholesterol lowering.

The connection was a mystery, but the numbers sparked a bitter debate over whether cholesterol lowering was worthwhile.

She added that she had been a skeptic on cholesterol lowering, but that the new results "changed my mind."

Superactivated charcoal versus cholestyramine for cholesterol lowering: a randomized cross-over trial.

For people at risk of heart disease, measures such as blood pressure control, cholesterol lowering, and other medico-therapeutic interventions are used.

Although the article offers evidence of a link between cholesterol lowering and violent death, it does not prove the two are connected.

New national guidelines for cholesterol lowering, published last week, recommended levels that seemed stunningly low.

But, experts say, cholesterol lowering can prevent much of the misery of heart disease, and the drugs are highly effective for those who need them.