Intro: A new wave of thinking in cardiology is urging physicians and patients to look beyond the traditional lipid profile when evaluating heart health. As research highlights the role of inflammation ...

Many people believe that a routine cholesterol test gives a full picture of their heart health. However, new medical discussions suggest that standard cholesterol tests may not always detect the true ...

In light of the increased use of antipsychotics in children and adolescents, how often should a lipid panel be checked? Is it common practice to obtain baseline labs prior to starting an antipsychotic ...

For patients undergoing coronary angiography for the assessment of atherosclerotic heart disease, it should be standard practice to include a lipid panel in precatheterization blood testing if a ...

November 13, 2011 (Orlando, Florida) — An expert panel is recommending that all children, regardless of family history, undergo universal screening for elevated cholesterol levels [1]. The panel ...

Dr. Omar Al-Heeti is an assistant professor of medicine at Southern Illinois University and practices internal medicine with a specialty in infectious diseases. He received his medical degree from the ...

Sometimes it may feel like almost every visit to the doctor includes a dreaded blood draw. Blood tests can reveal a lot about the state of your health. But whether you should get a specific test (and ...

Pediatric obesity is a progressive, chronic disease that can lead to serious cardiometabolic complications. Here we investigated the peripheral lipidome in 958 children and adolescents with overweight ...

Dr Vinayak Agrawal explains why looking at multiple lipids is necessary to determine the heart health of lean Indians. Here ...