Leading U.S. gastroenterology and hepatology organizations issued a joint statement recommending annual flu and COVID ...

Even as GLP-1 drugs transform obesity care and reduce cardiovascular risk, statins retain an essential role in lowering ...

Cardiologists are working the weight-loss drugs into more patient conversations.

Every month, around 2.7 million Australians have a statin dispensed to lower their risk of heart attack and stroke. Statins ...

New research explores whether statins may offer benefits beyond cholesterol control, including reducing cardiovascular risk ...

When I tried statin therapy as part of an experiment, I quickly developed a common side effect. But what concerned me wasn’t ...

There's no effective treatment for dementia, and cases keep growing. The best bet at the moment is to reduce your risk, which ...

ESC studies on statin use in patients over 70 years and identifying subclinical atherosclerosis via 3D ultrasonography of the ...

The SAGA/SITE study suggests that adults aged 75 years or older who have never developed ASCVD may be able to safely discontinue statins used for primary prevention. At 3 years, stopping ...

You might already be taking them.

Most people need to take statins for a long time, and for some, the rest of their lives. According to experts, cholesterol ...

The findings come from the CorCal Outcomes trial, which compared two ways of deciding who should start statins before experiencing a first major cardiovascular event. Statins are cholesterol-lowering ...