ApoB testing outperforms traditional cholesterol measures in preventing heart attacks and strokes while remaining ...

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 ...

Heart disease is still the leading cause of death—and experts now say waiting too long to test your cholesterol could put you ...

New guidelines for managing cholesterol call for more aggressive prevention and earlier treatment, including a recommendation that all adults be tested once for lipoprotein(a), a genetic risk marker ...

New recommendations suggest that some people should start trying to lower their cholesterol as early as age 30.

A routine blood test taken by millions in the U.S. each year to measure "bad" cholesterol is not the best measure to guide ...

The test can help assess your lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease. That, along with earlier treatment for high cholesterol, is part of new... New guidelines for managing cholesterol call for more ...

Doctors say patients should get a lipoprotein(a) test along with other screening, in new guidelines for managing cholesterol. (ER Productions Limited/Digital Vision | Getty Images) New guidelines for ...