BIRMINGHAM — Aiming to boost advanced lipoprotein testing in lipid education and management, Atherotech Diagnostics Lab announces its Sponsorship Agreement with the National Lipid Association (NLA).

Learn about the many tests and examinations your blood sample undergoes in a lab. Giving a blood sample during a doctor’s visit is a common procedure. Discover the dizzying array of automated tests ...

Which home cholesterol tests are best? Heart health matters. Cholesterol plays a vital role in the body, but too much can cause blocked or narrowed arteries. Testing cholesterol levels is essential ...

Your personal high cholesterol treatment goals are based on your current health and cardiac risk, or risk of a heart attack or stroke within the next 10 years. Your doctor can use a formula to ...

Medicare covers cholesterol testing as part of cardiovascular screening blood tests, including tests for lipid and triglyceride levels, which are covered once every 5 years. For those diagnosed with ...

A lipid profiling blood test may predict the risk for type 2 diabetes and CVD years in advance, according to findings published in PLOS Biology. “The lipidomic risk, which is derived from only one ...

Standard cholesterol tests may not fully reveal heart attack risks. Many heart attacks occur with normal cholesterol. Doctor Vassily Eliopoulos suggests more comprehensive tests. These include ApoB, ...

Intro: A new wave of thinking in cardiology is urging physicians and patients to look beyond the traditional lipid profile when evaluating heart health. As research highlights the role of inflammation ...

†The Latin square assignment was a crossover with more than two treatments. ‡Body weight (kg). C: Control group; Hyper: Hyperlipidemic subjects; I: Intervention group; LS: Latin square assignment; M/F ...