What you eat, drink or do before a lipid test can quietly skew cholesterol results. An Apollo doctor explains how dinner, ...

When eating, the body converts extra calories, especially from carbs, sugar, fats, and alcohol, into triglycerides.

Researchers developed TLC-2716, a liver- and gut-targeted drug that selectively reduced LXR activity, lowering triglycerides, remnant cholesterol and fat in models and a Phase 1 trial without harming ...

I reassured him and sent him to get another blood specimen drawn without a tourniquet. Why? Because I suspected that the ...

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 ...

Blood draws for several kinds of diagnostic tests require you to fast for several hours. Eating or drinking anything besides water can skew the results, leading to you needing to be retested. You may ...

Because the risk of many conditions increases with age, doctors generally recommend more frequent lab testing as you get ...