Even though 75% of the cholesterol that is present in our body is produced by the liver and other cells in our body, the lifestyle that we lead also contributes to the amount of cholesterol (chol.) that we have. Needless to say, the remaining 25% of the cholesterol in the body is mainly due to [...]

Today is the second day of Women’s Heart Week, which is a week solely dedicated to raising awareness about women’s heart health issues. Take the opportunity to learn more about women’s heart disease this week, and the risk factors involved!

The American Heart Association endorses the National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines on testing standards which are cholesterol levels should be tested starting at age 20 and retested every 5 years after that if the results are normal.  If  your results are abnormal or you are high risk then you should be tested every year. [...]

Start the new year with a resolution for a healthy lifestyle and use home health tests to monitor your progress.

This is an article that will help you understand two major types of cholesterol tests, the full lipid panel and the total cholesterol test. These are great tools for keeping your heart healthy!

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just released a cholesterol testing study which shows that high LDL cholesterol levels have decreased, fewer people had high LDL cholesterol in 2006 compared to 2000. The decrease in high LDL cholesterol levels can be attributed to lower fat diets and prescription statin drug use. [...]

A good starting point for controlling your cholesterol is to understand more about cholesterol.  Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that is found in all cells of the body. Your body needs some cholesterol to work correctly and your body is able to make all the cholesterol it needs.   Your body uses cholesterol to make [...]