If you are concerned about your risk of developing cardiovascular disease, you’ll usually get a specific blood test to look at your cholesterol levels to see where things stand. At least, that’s how ...

There are new guidelines on managing cholesterol from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. And one new recommendation is that every adult should get a cholesterol ...

For almost 60 years, measuring cholesterol levels in the blood has been the best way to identify individuals at high risk of cardiovascular disease. In a new study, led by Chalmers University of ...

"We are finding that it's an independent risk factor, independent of your age, your blood pressure, even your cholesterol numbers," MU Health Care cardiologist Brian Bostick said Tuesday in an ...

Biomarker lab tests typically take a biological sample, like blood, to evaluate certain biomarkers, which are measurable indicators of your health. Whether you’re checking your hormones, thyroid, or ...

To get a picture of how much cholesterol you have circulating in your system that could deposit on your blood vessel walls and raise the risk for a heart attack or other event, blood tests are done to ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 38 percent of American adults have high cholesterol, which can be caused by poor lifestyle habits or genetics. High cholesterol is ...

“Bad,” or LDL, cholesterol is a major risk factor for heart disease and most people are screened for it as part of their yearly physicals. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

Blood tests are one of the most widely used and helpful tools in modern medicine. Whether ordered in a clinic or done through an at-home kit, they work by analyzing samples of your blood to uncover ...

A little-known inherited cholesterol particle called Lp(a) may explain some unexplained heart risk and is becoming a major ...