If you have high cholesterol, there's a good chance your doctor has recommended statins to get your numbers back into a ...

SaveHealth reports on popular statin medications that lower cholesterol and cardiovascular risks, highlighting their benefits ...

These cholesterol level charts will show you what's normal for every age and gender. Plus, a few tips for staying within a healthy range.

HDL, the so-called good cholesterol, appears to influence treatment decisions around statin therapy, according to an analysis in JACC: Advances. Compared with people who have normal HDL-cholesterol ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. It’s a math problem with life-and-death ...

An analysis of data obtained over a 12-year period in Germany from patients with impaired LVEF after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event has shown that statin therapy after an ACS event is ...

Among the 20 leading prescription drugs in the United States, 3 agents-atorvastatin (Lipitor), simvastatin (Zocor), and pravastatin (Pravachol)-are of the class known formally as ...

The largest analysis to examine the best way to lower levels of "bad" cholesterol in patients with blocked arteries shows that they should immediately be given a combination of a statin and another ...

Overall, 3095 patients (47%) had a statin prescribed at baseline. From the 47% of patients who had a statin at baseline, ~10% had a statin prescribed before hospital admission for acute MI, and 90% ...

Statins, which are used in treating heart disease, are among the most widely prescribed medications in the U.S. Diabetes is associated with a very high risk of heart disease. So the thinking has been ...