The innovative program from the Family Heart Foundation includes being able to order a free test kit for an at-home blood lipid panel and track your results online, as well as the ability to discuss ...

Cholesterol is one of those health terms we hear often but rarely think about until a test report surprises us. It is a waxy, fat-like substance present in our blood and is essential for making ...

Some 71 million people in the U.S. have high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) — what’s commonly referred to as “bad cholesterol.” But up to 40% of them aren’t aware of their high ...

As with any disease, it’s pretty obvious that preventing heart disease is important. But why? What are the health ramifications of it? Well, they're pretty serious ones—including mortality—and affect ...

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 ...

While it is important to contact a doctor for regular checkups, some at-home preventive tests can help screen for certain conditions such as diabetes, high cholesterol, and nutritional deficiencies. A ...

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.

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death globally, and high cholesterol is one of its biggest, and most preventable, risk factors. With heart attacks turning almost into an endemic with young ...