Statins can help reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke. (Getty Images) About 86 million adults in the United States have high cholesterol, a condition that raises the risk for heart disease and ...

Statins are among the most frequently prescribed medicines and popular everywhere, and for a good reason. They’ve revolutionized the treatment of high cholesterol and prevention of heart disease. If ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite doubts raised by some studies, a new research review suggests that cholesterol-lowering statins offer as much protection for women as for men. In an analysis of 18 ...

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Statins lower cholesterol levels, reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, and improve overall heart health. In the late 1970s, researchers found that a substance called mevastatin, isolated from a ...

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 13 – For the first time in humans, researchers have used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to show that a cholesterol-lowering drug removes the fat build-up from atherosclerotic ...

Dear Doctor K: Despite taking statins, my cholesterol hasn’t dropped as low as my doctor would like. I figured he’d put me on the new PCSK9 inhibitors. Instead, he suggested that I stay on my statin, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Do statins cause dementia? Millions of patients in the U.S. take the medication to help lower cholesterol levels. Some researchers have raised the question of whether that type of drug ...

About 86 million adults in the United States have high cholesterol, a condition that raises the risk for heart disease and stroke. Despite these high numbers, only 35% of American adults who could ...