There haven’t been many studies about starting statins in people as old as you. However, I can tell you that an 84-year-old ...

More than 25 years of clinical trial data have established statins as first-line therapy for the prevention and treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. With regard to low-density ...

Current AHA guidelines call for healthy Americans to bring LDL below 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) of blood, while ...

A new study in the Lancet attempted to calm fears about the side-effects of statins in people at low risk of heart disease – but seems to have reignited a bitter row in the medical ...

the same way that statins would be given for the heart. “That’s the future, I hope,” he said. Prof Sir John Hardy is arguably Britain’s most eminent scientist in the field of Alzheimer’s ...

Statins rank as some of the most frequently prescribed medications in the United States—the Cleveland Clinic says 92 million U.S. adults take statins to lower their risk of cardiovascular ...

To estimate that risk, doctors use equations that include different risk factors, such as age, cholesterol levels, and blood pressure. The current equations, known as the pooled cohort equations, are ...

Statins may also decrease inflammation in arteries, and help raise "good" cholesterol, (high-density lipoprotein or HDL) levels. Our recommendations about who should consider a statin to lower ...

It’s often said light to moderate wine drinking is good for heart health – but how much wine is that? Scientists have put a number on it.

A recent groundbreaking study published in the journal NEJM Evidence found no association between exposure to very low ...

A bottle of wine a week, combined with a Mediterranean diet, could be as good as statins for heart health, academics have suggested. While some research has shown wine can benefit heart health ...

In 2024, the field of myasthenia gravis (MG) saw many developments from clinical trials of new treatments, including ...