Ozarks Healthcare is offering low-cost community lab screenings across several Ozarks locations in June to help more people ...

Grail's multi-cancer blood test can find cancer — but there's still one big problem with how it works.

Many of us only think about cholesterol when a doctor flags it during a routine check-up or when experiencing severe symptoms ...

Pharmaceutical companies have spent years targeting a common blood particle associated with heart-attack risks.

I’m 67 and in decent shape. I run 3-4 miles three times a week and lift weights three days a week. I take 20 mg of ...

A breakthrough gene therapy trial is set to test whether a one-off treatment can protect patients from suffering a heart attack years before it occurs.

May 14, 2026 -- Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and high cholesterol is a major contributor – yet it often has no symptoms. You can feel healthy and still be at risk for heart ...

MOST of us know there’s ‘good’ and ‘bad’ cholesterol and this fatty substance in the blood can be ‘high’ or ‘low’. But there’s another ‘hidden’ type, which may not show up on tests – but quadruple the ...

Most people know about “good” and “bad” cholesterol. But few realise there is another type called lipoprotein(a). It can raise the risk of heart attacks and strokes, even in people who do everything ...

Heart specialists now recommend that everyone get tested for lipoprotein(a). Here’s what to know about it. The American Heart Association and other cardiac groups now recommend that everyone should be ...

Health experts are now recommending that people take a new blood test for cholesterol, which can be a key indicator for risk of heart disease. The test for heightened levels of Lipoprotein(a) — or ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 74-year-old male in good health. My lab work has been pretty consistent over several years. My cholesterol level is always below 200 mg/dL with a high HDL (80 mg/dL). All of ...