When “Good” Cholesterol Goes “Bad”

Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the terms good and bad have always been somewhat subjective. For cardiovascular health, physicians regularly monitor the levels of “good” cholesterol (high-density lipoproteins or HDL) and “bad” cholesterol (low-density lipoproteins or LDL). Traditionally, cardiovascular risk is assessed by measuring levels of HDL and LDL. However now, new evidence from investigators at University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health