The innovative program from the Family Heart Foundation includes being able to order a free test kit for an at-home blood lipid panel and track your results online, as well as the ability to discuss ...

Direct measurement of LDL is difficult and expensive, so your doctors will usually rely on calculations based on total cholesterol and the other components. One exception is that this method of ...

Health screening and genetic tests might identify more than 1 million U.S. adults who carry a gene for familial hypercholesterolemia, a common genetic disorder that causes elevated low-density ...

Cholesterol - the good, the bad and the combined - is essential for our overall health. It plays a key role in digesting fatty foods, making vitamin D and producing hormones amongst other things. But ...

Health screening and genetic tests might identify more than 1 million U.S. adults who have familial hypercholesterolemia, a common genetic disorder that causes elevated bad cholesterol levels, which ...

November 13, 2011 (Orlando, Florida) — An expert panel is recommending that all children, regardless of family history, undergo universal screening for elevated cholesterol levels [1]. The panel ...

The fasting blood glucose test and HbA1c test serve as effective methods to measure your blood sugar control, during different time periods. People who are overweight or older than 40, and have ...

What if a blood test could reveal that your child is at high risk for early heart disease years in the future, giving you a chance to prevent it now? A big study in England did that - screening ...

HealthDay News — Screening for hypercholesterolemia is feasible at routine child immunization visits in primary care practices, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) - Who needs to get their cholesterol checked? As it turns out, pretty much everybody. South Central Regional Medical Center is offering free cholesterol screenings from 10 a.m. to ...

QUINCY - Registrations are now being accepted for a diabetes A1C screening and a cholesterol screening being held during November at the Blessing Resource Center, 420 N. 34th Street, Quincy.