New American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines recommend earlier and more personalised cholesterol testing, starting in childhood and continuing through adulthood.

The test can help assess your lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease. That, along with earlier treatment for high ...

The rules around cholesterol just got simpler, smarter and more personalized with an earlier start on primary prevention. On March 13, the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association ...

The idea is to control bad cholesterol early in life. Additional tests are also recommended to provide a clearer picture of ...

Top U.S. cardiology groups have released major updates that could change how—and when—you manage cholesterol for life.

Eleven medical organizations advised changes to preventive cardiac care that it says could markedly reduce heart attacks and strokes. By Gina Kolata People at risk of heart disease should start trying ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The AHA urges doctors to begin screening and treating patients who are still in their 30s, well before the risks of a heart attack and stroke are higher.

A machine learning model predicts low-density lipoprotein cholesterol from routine lab data, offering a low-cost way to ...