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

Heart disease fatalities have dropped by 66% between 1970 and 2022 because of a number of factors but heart specialists see ...

Doctors might be using the wrong blood test to assess a person’s risk for clogged arteries, a new study argues. A routine ...

The rules around cholesterol just got simpler, smarter and more personalized with an earlier start on primary prevention. On March 13, the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association ...

A major new U.S. cholesterol guideline is shifting the focus toward earlier, more personalized prevention of heart disease. It urges people to start screening sooner—sometimes even in childhood—and ...

A simple blood test called apoB may give a clearer picture of heart disease risk than cholesterol levels alone.

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

Modern medicine is improving in precision, identifying exactly who needs treatment and who doesn’t. In heart disease ...

Cholesterol is a form of fat we need. It helps make the outer membranes of our bodies' cells stable. But for decades, doctors have known that people with high total cholesterol levels are more likely ...

The results of a recent retrospective analysis of electronic health record (EHR) data found that only 0.4% of patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) were tested for lipoprotein(a ...

A new combined test panel called Lipid Profile ALT (Cholestech Corp., Hayward, Calif.) has received an FDA waiver from Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) standards. The panel, designed ...

Lipid Testing for Food and Beverages Market Report 2023 added recently by CMI, evaluates the industry in terms of market size, market share, revenue estimation, and geographical outlook. The study ...