Statins are considered safe and effective, but they may not be right for everyone to lower cholesterol.

The reason statins are so widely prescribed is because they work. They’re often prescribed as the first level of defense.

Cardiologists explain LDL years and other keys to knowing why and when docs recommend stains to women who are well under age ...

Dr. Charles Hennekens, a medical school professor and heart disease researcher at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla., says too many patients at high risk of heart attacks and stroke are ...

An expert discusses how nonstatin therapies serve as essential tools when patients can’t tolerate statins or need additional ...

YEAH, TOUGH TO CALL THAT A COOL DOWN FOR SURE HERE. MORE PEOPLE ARE TURNING TO NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS AS A WAY TO LOWER THEIR CHOLESTEROL INSTEAD OF USING STATINS. KOAT MEDICAL EXPERT DOCTOR DR. BARRY ...

Future Cardiol. 2009;5(1):1-4. That leaves extrapolation from secondary prevention women's results to support primary prevention statin use, yet the risk profiles for women in the two groups obviously ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- We know untreated high cholesterol could lead to heart disease or stroke and statins are usually the gold standard treatment. However, not everyone can take them. Now, Cleveland ...

A new study suggests cholesterol-lowering statins, when combined with apalutamide and hormone therapy, can significantly extend survival for men with ...

High cholesterol is one of the leading risk factors for heart disease. 'High cholesterol' generally refers to a total ...

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It's a drug used by nearly half of seniors to lower heart risk, and a lower-cost alternative to a widely used brand name.