What you eat, drink or do before a lipid test can quietly skew cholesterol results. An Apollo doctor explains how dinner, ...

The test for LDL is used to predict your risk of developing heart disease. Of all the forms of cholesterol in the blood, the LDL cholesterol is considered the most important form in determining risk ...

Cholesterol is a form of fat we need. It helps make the outer membranes of our bodies' cells stable. But for decades, doctors have known that people with high total cholesterol levels are more likely ...

You might have high LDL cholesterol and not even know it. We spoke to experts about how to monitor this health stat so you ...

Studies show that an LDL level at or below 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) is ideal for most adults. If you have a history of heart attack or stroke and are already on a cholesterol-lowering ...

Millions could benefit from more accurate risk assessments for coronary heart through a simple test for small dense LDL cholesterol. Despite heart disease being the world’s leading cause of death, ...

For years, people were told to fear any food that contained cholesterol, from eggs to prawns. The latest research has finally ...

NEW ORLEANS, LA—For patients already receiving statins, inflammation is more tightly linked than LDL cholesterol to future adverse events, a new meta-analysis shows. The association between ...