Women tend to live healthier lives than men, but new research suggests that common risk factors for heart disease have twice the impact on women than on men. Experts explain why and share what you can do to protect your heart.

Lilly's drug is one of several being tested to treat high Lp(a), a risk factor for heart disease that affects an estimated 1.4 billion people worldwide, including 64 million people in the U.S.

A new drug may help protect millions of people from heart attacks and strokes by lowering a little-known risk factor in the blood. The drug, made by Eli Lilly and called lepodisiran, lowered levels of a tiny particle called Lp(a) by 94% with a single shot,