The latest cholesterol guidelines include three new screening tests: coronary artery calcium, lipoprotein (a), and apolipoprotein B.

Take glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) for example—the HbA1c test revolutionized the way we diagnose and manage diabetes because it ...

The test can help assess your lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease. That, along with earlier treatment for 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 ...

New guidelines suggest earlier action could prevent heart disease long before symptoms appear.

While healthy lifestyle intervention and average cholesterol screening should start in childhood, the updated guidelines now recommend an additional screening test and accelerated treatment plan for ...

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 ...

Eleven medical organizations advised changes to preventive cardiac care that it says could markedly reduce heart attacks and ...

They’re getting to the heart of the issue. Doctors say a simple “three-pronged” blood test can accurately predict a patient’s risk of heart attack and stroke 30 years ahead of time. At present, medics ...

The AHA urges doctors to begin screening and treating patients who are still in their 30s, well before the risks of a heart attack and stroke are higher.

New guidelines for managing cholesterol call for a more aggressive preventive approach, which could translate into more Americans being treated with medicines and a stronger focus on lifestyle.

Major medical organizations updated the cholesterol playbook for the first time in years, with new risk tools, lower targets ...