You can calculate your total cholesterol — including LDL, HDL, and triglycerides — with a blood test, so your doctor can ...

High cholesterol is often the result of an unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, smoking cigarettes, obesity, or genetics. Here's ...

What Is a Lipid Profile? Lipid profile, or sometimes referred to as lipid panel, is a blood test that's used as a screening tool for abnormalities in lipids, such as cholesterol and triglycerides. It ...

Cholesterol is important for a number of your body’s functions, including building cell membranes, making hormones, helping your metabolism and producing bile acids, according to Better Health Channel ...

ATLANTA (AP) Americans may be too fat, but at least their cholesterol is low.For the first time in nearly 50 years, the average cholesterol level for U.S. adults is in the ideal range, the government ...

Standard cholesterol tests may not fully reveal heart attack risks. Many heart attacks occur with normal cholesterol. Doctor Vassily Eliopoulos suggests more comprehensive tests. These include ApoB, ...

A novel molecular pathway to explain how a mutation in the gene ACTA2 can cause individuals in their 30s -- with normal cholesterol levels and no other risk factors -- to develop coronary artery ...