A routine blood test taken by millions in the U.S. each year to measure "bad" cholesterol is not the best measure to guide ...

Patients with persistent non-high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol dyslipidemia from childhood to adulthood had an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, but those who had ...

A simple blood test called apoB may give a clearer picture of heart disease risk than cholesterol levels alone.

Univariate comparisons of baseline CVD risk factors in patients with diabetes in whom CVD did and did not develop during follow-up are shown in Table 1. Compared with those who did not develop CVD, ...

Clin Lipidology. 2013;8(1):69-79. The decision about whether to use a new biomarker depends upon how readily it is measured, its potential to add new information and its ability to aid the clinician ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with placebo, pegozafermin reduced atherogenic particles in patients with severely high triglycerides.

Regulating cholesterol levels is crucial for heart health. There are two types of cholesterol (we'll explain the difference between "good" and "bad" shortly), and if you have too much of the kind that ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Can you please explain what is cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein and the significance of a high HDL cholesterol value? What about non-HDL ...

Cholesterol is more complex than “good” and “bad” labels. Factors like LDL particle size, inflammation, metabolism, and ...

A routine blood test taken by millions in the U.S. each year to measure “bad” cholesterol is not the best measure to guide treatment and prevent heart attacks and strokes, suggests a new Northwestern ...