This underutilized information is key to heart disease prevention.

The latest cholesterol guidelines include three new screening tests: coronary artery calcium, lipoprotein (a), and apolipoprotein B.

Heart health experts released new guidance to help identify early risk factors for heart disease that go beyond tracking ...

New research suggests that everyone should have their lipoprotein(a) levels tested—but what is that?

Officer is not alone. As women enter menopause, cholestrol levels jump—by an average of 10-15%, or about 10 to 20 milligrams per deciliter. (A healthy adult cholesterol range is 125-200 milligrams per ...

C-reactive protein (CRP) is produced by the liver in response to inflammation. High-sensitivity CRP (hs-CRP) testing detects low-grade, chronic inflammation and is the most validated blood test for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A lipid profiling blood test may predict the risk for type 2 diabetes and CVD years in advance, according to ...

Cholesterol monitors let you check your levels at home using a finger-prick blood sample. Some kits only measure total cholesterol while others also test HDL (good) and LDL (bad) cholesterol, as well ...

ACC/AHA guidance also gives boost to non-cholesterol tests ...

High cholesterol doesn’t announce itself. No pain. No fever. No bad days that force you to stop and think. And that’s exactly why it’s dangerous. You can walk around for years feeling perfectly fine ...