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 ...

Your cholesterol may be measured at your doctor’s office, but some of us require more routine cholesterol monitoring at home. There are a number of reasons to invest in a home cholesterol test kit.

What Is a Lipid Profile? Lipid profile, or sometimes referred to as lipid panel, is a blood test that's used as a screening tool for abnormalities in lipids, such as cholesterol and triglycerides. It ...

A simple cholesterol test could be the key to identifying people who are at risk of suffering heart attack and stroke, a new study suggests. More than half of British adults have high cholesterol, a ...

Medicare covers cholesterol testing as part of cardiovascular screening blood tests, including tests for lipid and triglyceride levels, which are covered once every 5 years. For those diagnosed with ...

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 ...

Home testing kits enable individuals to check their cholesterol levels at home. There are various options that provide a quick and easy way to test. Used correctly, they have a good accuracy record.

Fact checked by Jennifer Klump It’s important to get your cholesterol checked regularly, as high cholesterol can increase ...

WASHINGTON — For heart health, you're supposed to know your numbers: Total cholesterol, the bad LDL kind and the good HDL kind. But your next checkup might add a new number to the mix. More doctors ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA), and nine other leading medical organizations recently released the new guidelines for treating and managing dyslipidemia ...