Medically reviewed by Jonathan Purtell, RDN Key Takeaways Red yeast rice may help lower mild to moderate cholesterol, but ...

These cholesterol level charts will show you what's normal for every age and gender. Plus, a few tips for staying within a ...

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

And when they controlled for a handful of variables (like age and health conditions), they found that the women with the ...

Apo B tests are blood tests that measure the concentration of Apolipoprotein B in the blood, which carries cholesterol that can cause a number of blood vessel and heart conditions.

Tests like electrocardiograms or a blood test for cholesterol offer good measures of heart health. But the American College ...

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 ...

A new combined test panel called Lipid Profile ALT (Cholestech Corp., Hayward, Calif.) has received an FDA waiver from Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) standards. The panel, designed ...

Convenient foods like canned soup can be part of a heart-healthy diet if you know what to look for. Dietitians suggest these ...