When it comes to heart health, cholesterol is only part of the picture. Two biomarkers strikingly absent from regular testing, when taken into account with cholesterol, can better predict risk of major cardiovascular events over the next three decades. And we’ve sounded the alarm about one of them for more than a decade…

A study has confirmed that not only can a little-known lipoprotein accurately predict your risk of developing atherosclerosis (where fatty deposits clog your arteries), it can be measured by at-home genetic testing just as accurately as bloodwork done in a doctor’s office. But if you’ve got good cholesterol numbers, your doctor isn’t looking for it…