SaveHealth reports on cholesterol medications, detailing common types like statins, their effects, and safety considerations ...

Elevated serum cholesterol is a major heart disease risk factor. There can be a genetic link responsible for high cholesterol, but for the vast majority of us, lifestyle and diet will be the key ...

As these drugs become easier to take and cheaper to produce, and as second and third-generation formulations reduce side ...

People who take statin drugs are doing it for a life-saving reason: to treat high cholesterol and protect their hearts. Many ...

New evidence hints that statins may protect a wider range of people with type 2 diabetes than previously assumed. A major ...

B O S T O N, May 16 -- Under guidelines issued Tuesday by the National Institutes of Health, the number of people who can benefit from taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs nearly triples. This is ...

The target trial emulation study suggests rigid risk thresholds aren’t needed to steer statin use in this group.

This content is sponsored by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Statins help millions of people manage their high cholesterol, and are the most common drug class of prescriptions in America. More ...

Few medicines have sparked as much debate as statins. Cardiologists often describe them as life-saving, while some patients remain wary of side effects or uneasy about taking a daily pill. Statins sit ...

Statins undergo metabolism in the intestines via an enzyme called CYP3A before reaching the bloodstream, a process that ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A powerful class of drugs proven to save the lives of many is being largely ignored by people under 40. The latest research examined the need for more young patients to take a ...