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

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

While healthy lifestyle intervention and average cholesterol screening should start in childhood, the updated guidelines now ...

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.

ACC/AHA guidance also gives boost to non-cholesterol tests ...

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 ...

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.

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

New ACC/AHA guidelines urge earlier cholesterol screening and treatment, focusing on lifetime heart risks.

Lipoprotein(a) or Lp(a) is a genetically controlled risk factor for a heart attack. Cardiologist explains why it's important ...

Heart health experts released new guidance to help identify early risk factors for heart disease that go beyond tracking ...

To get a picture of how much cholesterol you have circulating in your system that could deposit on your blood vessel walls and raise the risk for a heart attack or other event, blood tests are done to ...