February is National Heart Month and a good time to remember that heart disease is usually viewed as a disease that affects adults, but the causes of heart ...

At-home testing kits promise a fast and easy way to check your cholesterol, but our own tests found not all give readings you can rely on. Find out which we cholesterol testing kits we tested and how ...

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 ...

This LetsGetChecked finger-prick test checks for triglycerides and total, HDL, and LDL cholesterol. It also checks your A1C levels and lipoprotein (a), which is a type of LDL that’s mostly hereditary ...

NHS GP and BBC Morning Live's resident doctor, Dr Punam, has issued a warning to anyone aged 40 and over regarding an ...

Point-of-care (POC) testing can significantly increase routine lipid screening of preteen patients, according to findings from a study published in Pediatrics. At the beginning of the study, testing ...

Research was conducted by multiple laboratories in the Global Diagnostics Network and included more than 460 million lipid test results from 17 countries to determine risk of cardiovascular disease ...

Hyperlipidemia is a medical problem in which there are high levels of lipids (fats) in the blood. This can increase one’s risk of heart disease, brain stroke, and limb ischemia. These conditions ...

Organized by nine laboratories on five continents, the study by some members of the Global Diagnostics Network, a Quest Diagnostics-led strategic working group, is the largest to evaluate worldwide ...