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

The life-extending advantages of these medications now proven effective even for those over 85 A groundbreaking study from a major Asian research institution has revealed that cholesterol-lowering ...

The reason statins are so widely prescribed is because they work. They’re often prescribed as the first level of defense. This isn't to say that they’re the only way to get your cholesterol levels ...

Statins are best known for lowering LDL, the “bad” kind of cholesterol that builds up in your arteries over time and increases your risk for heart attack and stroke. Statins act as a sort of gardener ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Cholesterol-regulating statin drugs slightly lower the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with no history of cardiovascular disease but may do little to reduce their risk of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People without heart disease should think twice before taking cholesterol-lowering statins, British researchers warn in a report out Wednesday. While the popular drugs ...

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 ...

ATLANTA—The benefits of intensive statin therapy in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) or who are at risk for it extend to patients who also have CKD, investigators reported here at the 59 th ...

Rockville, MD - Simvastatin (Zocor, Merck/Schering-Plough), used at the highest approved dose of 80 mg, is associated with an increased risk of myopathy, including rhabdomyolysis, according to the US ...

In patients with ASCVD who receive dialysis, statins decrease risk for MACE and all-cause mortality. Statins are associated with a decrease in all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular ...