Biological age tests measure how fast your body is aging compared to your actual age. These tests rely on biomarkers tied to ...

Studies show that an LDL level at or below 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) is ideal for most adults. If you have a ...

What many don’t realize is high LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol often plays a silent role behind the scenes. Taking control of cholesterol numbers starts by knowing your LDL number and ...

The issue of cholesterol is a lot more complicated than most people think – there are as many as eight different blood tests ...

Your doctor was correct that depression and suicidal thoughts do not appear in the official prescribing information for evolocumab (Repatha) or a similar drug, alirocumab (Praluent). Both are ...

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Q. I developed severe depression while taking Repatha, the injectable cholesterol-lowering drug. It took me a horrible nine months to realize the drug was making me suicidal. If I wasn’t sleeping, I ...

Clinical guidelines are vague, so we asked psychiatrists what to consider when deciding whether to continue taking these medications. By Christina Caron When Marjorie Isaacson first started taking ...

Your cholesterol levels—whether they are in range or dangerously high—are a key indicator of your risk of developing heart disease. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...

A small study found that a blood test could identify whether someone had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) with 92% accuracy. Because CFS and long COVID have some biological overlap, this research could ...

Turns out, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and long Covid have a few things in common. For one, they're notoriously tricky to diagnose. So when researchers said they developed a blood test that may be ...