A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that an enzyme in the liver may partly explain sex differences in the body's ...

In the blood, lipoproteins ferry cholesterol and other lipids to cells throughout the body. In the cerebrospinal fluid, they may do the same, but because they are 200-fold more dilute there, ...

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 ...

Dear Doctors: I had my physical last fall, and it included some blood tests. One of them showed that my cholesterol levels rose a bit since last year. My doctor says that if they keep rising, I should ...

A massive study of 200,000 people shows that counting the actual number of cholesterol-carrying particles (apoB) predicts heart attack risk far better than the traditional cholesterol test. Add in a ...