BACKGROUND: Although the effectiveness of Lp(a) (lipoprotein[a])–lowering therapies remains under study, lipid guidelines now recommend Lp(a) testing in all adults to identify individuals who need ...

In a recent article published in the journal Nutrition, researchers in Australia summarized how diet could help decrease low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLc) or triglyceride concentrations in ...

Immediate initiation of evolocumab after a heart attack significantly improved low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) ...

Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in understanding how 'bad' cholesterol, known as low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol or LDL-C, builds up in the body. The researchers were able to show ...

Low-density lipoprotein, known as LDL, is a complex structure with several components that allow cholesterol to circulate in the bloodstream, a watery environment. LDL is the primary mechanism used to ...

Despite decades of study, a pharmacopoeia of medicines, and untold millions in pharmaceutical research, heart disease remains the leading cause of death around the world. Excess cholesterol in ...

For many years, a lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) test result was treated as a laboratory finding only relevant to the person in whom it had been measured, which is an increasingly inadequ ...

Non-high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol includes low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, which is harmful at high levels. People can lower non-HDL cholesterol levels with diet and lifestyle ...