A regular cholesterol test is useful, but it doesn't always capture the complete picture of heart disease risk.

Apolipoprotein B, or apoB, is gaining attention as researchers and cardiologists weigh whether the blood marker offers a more accurate window into heart disease risk than the standard LDL cholesterol ...

ApoB testing may be especially useful for people with diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, fatty liver disease or high triglycerides.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Regulating cholesterol levels is crucial for heart health. There are two types of cholesterol (we’ll explain the difference ...

Dr Vinayak Agrawal explains why looking at multiple lipids is necessary to determine the heart health of lean Indians. Here ...

A novel molecular pathway to explain how a mutation in the gene ACTA2 can cause individuals in their 30s—with normal cholesterol levels and no other risk factors—to develop coronary artery disease has ...

For decades, we’ve been told that high cholesterol is the main villain behind heart disease. Most of us breathe a sigh of relief when our blood reports show normal LDL levels. We assume our arteries ...

Preventing heart disease relies on healthy habits, medication, and knowing cholesterol and blood pressure numbers. One scan in particular reveals arterial plaque and personalizes heart disease risk ...

High cholesterol causes plaque build-up that can block arteries and lead to a greater risk of heart disease, heart attack, or stroke. If you want to keep your heart healthy, it's important to ...

Patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia saw average reductions in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol of 47.1% over 24 weeks. Reductions began to appear as early as 2 weeks after ...

My dad almost became a statistic. Normal cholesterol does NOT = Heart Health. One year ago my dad experienced chest pain. His Primary Care Physician (PCP) said there was no reason to believe he was ...