Cholesterol is not all that bad as long as it is in the right proportion. It is of two types — good and bad cholesterol, the former being HDL and the latter LDL. It is a fatty substance in the blood ...

A regular cholesterol test is useful, but it doesn't always capture the complete picture of heart disease risk.

Women with prepregnancy biomarkers for lipids in the higher end of the “normal” range faced higher odds of developing hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, according to a study published in JAMA ...

ApoB testing may be especially useful for people with diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, fatty liver disease or high triglycerides.