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 ...

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 ...

Cholesterol-lowering medications, like ezetimibe, may cut liver cancer risk by 31%. Discover how this breakthrough could help ...

Background: Statins are generally well tolerated, but some patients discontinue therapy secondary to adverse effects. Dosing a statin (rosuvastatin) every other day (EOD) may provide significant ...

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

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 ...

The cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins are FDA-approved to reduce elevated levels of LDL cholesterol in the blood, which can build up on artery walls and trigger a heart attack or stroke.

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 ...

Statins are recommended for people at an increased risk of heart disease, but people with CKD are at a great risk of side effects from these cholesterol-lowering drugs. High levels of LDL (“bad ...

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

Drinking a bottle of wine a week could be better than statins for the heart, research suggests. A study examined the impact of a Mediterranean diet and drinking habits on the heart health of ...