A New Lipid Test for Heart Disease

883 – A New Lipid Test for Heart Disease

Welcome to Medical Discovery News. I’m Dr. David Niesel

And I’m Dr. Norbert Herzog

Even though we use cholesterol numbers to check for heart health, there may be something better. Researchers are studying ceramides.

Cholesterol and ceramides are both types of lipids or fats in our cells and tissues and are essential for good health. But when there’s too much of them in our blood, they cause atherosclerosis, a hardeni