If you are concerned about your risk of developing cardiovascular disease, you’ll usually get a specific blood test to look at your cholesterol levels to see where things stand. At least, that’s how ...

New guidelines for managing cholesterol call for more aggressive prevention and earlier treatment, including a recommendation that all adults be tested once for lipoprotein(a), a genetic risk marker ...

ApoB testing outperforms traditional cholesterol measures in preventing heart attacks and strokes while remaining ...

The 2026 ACC/AHA multisociety cholesterol guidelines now recommend all adults receive a one-time lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] test to better assess lifetime heart disease risk. Experts say the inherited ...

As with any disease, it’s pretty obvious that preventing heart disease is important. But why? What are the health ramifications of it? Well, they're pretty serious ones—including mortality—and affect ...

The test can help assess your lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease. That, along with earlier treatment for high cholesterol, is part of new... New guidelines for managing cholesterol call for more ...

Doctors say patients should get a lipoprotein(a) test along with other screening, in new guidelines for managing cholesterol. (ER Productions Limited/Digital Vision | Getty Images) New guidelines for ...