About 47 million Americans take statins daily to lower high cholesterol, but fear of side effects keeps many others from ...

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Share on Pinterest A major review has found that the majority of statin side effects are not scientifically backed. Image Credit: BSIP/Getty Images Most statin side effects listed on drug packaging ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research indicates that the majority of side-effects commonly linked to statins are not, in fact, caused by the medication ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Almost all listed side effects for statins are not caused by the drugs, making them far safer than previously thought, a major ...

The results, in The Lancet journal, come from trials involving more than 120,000 people comparing statins with a dummy drug or placebo.

Statins are the most prescribed drugs in America. At last count, over 50 million people were taking medications such as atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin or lovastatin to control ...

Losing a battle you cannot see is one of the biggest challenges in medicine. And for many Americans, that quiet fight happens long before the first symptom ever appears. Doctors say a growing number ...

Statins lower cholesterol, reduce inflammation and may be responsible for saving thousands of lives. Should everyone be taking the wonder drug? In the latest study investigating the side effects o ...

New research suggests that statins do not cause the majority of side effects listed on their labels, including memory problems, depression, and sleep issues. The corresponding study was published in ...

STATINS can be life-saving because the medications thwart the mechanisms that contribute to heart disease. The drugs can cause nasty side effects, however. Some of the most overlooked side effects are ...

University of Oxford researchers warn 'ongoing confusion and concern' about the drugs has left many missing out on a treatment that is known to prevent heart attacks and strokes. They are now calling ...