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 ...

A major new U.S. cholesterol guideline is shifting the focus toward earlier, more personalized prevention of heart disease. It urges people to start screening sooner—sometimes even in childhood—and ...

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A joint committee of eleven major U.S. medical organizations has released a new guideline on managing dyslipidemia that ...

Your doctor hands you a cholesterol report filled with abbreviations and numbers. The test measures four key components that predict the risk of heart disease and stroke. Understanding what these ...

Other than convenience and compliance, is there any benefit to nonfasting cholesterol testing? As I understand it, triglyceride values are very sensitive to fasting, but total cholesterol remains ...

For the first time since 2018, a clinical guideline from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association for screening and managing blood cholesterol levels has been updated and ...

LONDON, England—Aggressive cholesterol lowering at the time of hospitalization for MI results in better clinical outcomes at 1 year when compared with the current stepwise treatment strategy, ...

In this letter, we examine not one but three meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials to explore a provocative question: ...

Mention the word "cholesterol" and suddenly, everyone in the conversation is tense. High cholesterol affects about 10 percent of Americans ages 20 and up, but cholesterol itself isn’t necessarily a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many people think all cholesterol is bad, but that is not the case. With so many conflicting messages and advice out there, it can ...