SECAUCUS, N.J., Nov. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- A laboratory test that evaluates high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol function provides unique and novel information for assessing cardiovascular ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VAP Diagnostics Lab, a new, independent clinical reference laboratory, has announced the formal relaunch of one of the most popular comprehensive cholesterol tests ...

A new way to calculate so-called “bad cholesterol” levels in the blood could eliminate inconvenient pre-test fasting for most people, a new study shows. The method of estimating a patient’s LDL, or ...

New research suggests that everyone should have their lipoprotein(a) levels tested—but what is that? Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD New guidelines recommend a more comprehensive, ...

A newer method for calculating low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is more accurate than the older method that required people fast before blood was drawn. A newer method for calculating ...

We have written before about which blood tests seniors should get and why routine testing changes outcomes. But what about ...

Routine blood tests cannot fully guarantee heart safety as hidden arterial plaques may rupture causing heart attacks.

“Bad,” or LDL, cholesterol is a major risk factor for heart disease and most people are screened for it as part of their yearly physicals. There’s another marker in the blood that may be a better ...

Cleveland HeartLab LLC has added a test of low-density lipoprotein, the so-called “bad cholesterol,” to its portfolio of heart-inflammation tests. The company’s NMR LipoProfile test measures and ...

Scientists are rethinking how to treat a widespread genetic cholesterol disorder by targeting particle production instead of ...

You may feel perfectly fine at your annual checkup, but your doctor still orders lab tests. According to Dr. Sydney LeGuyader, an internal medicine physician at Intermountain Health, that is exactly ...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. Home Access Health Corp. last week launched its latest home-testing product kit — the Check Up America Cholesterol Test Panel — at the ECRM Home Health Care conference in Chicago ...