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.

It’s critical for preventing heart disease and other serious health problems. By Knvul Sheikh While 86 million adults in the United States have high cholesterol levels, one third of Americans say they ...

People can typically eat and drink as usual the night before a cholesterol test, unless a healthcare professional specifically instructs them to fast. People may need to fast for 9 to 12 hours before ...

Millions of Americans get their LDL, or "bad" cholesterol, tested. But another test may do a better job of finding who needs ...

For decades, assessing cholesterol risk has been built around a simple idea: Lower “bad” cholesterol, lower your chance of a heart attack. The test at the center of that approach measures how much low ...