Pharmacy benefits manager CVS Health has warned that the new PCSK9 inhibitor class of cholesterol-lowering drugs poses an unprecedented challenge to the US healthcare system. In a blog post ...
Current AHA guidelines call for healthy Americans to bring LDL below 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) of blood, while those who’ve had a heart attack or stroke are encouraged to drop LDL at least ...
Scientists have devised a vegetarian recipe for protecting the heart that is as effective as cholesterol-lowering drugs, it has been revealed. A Canadian study found that the special vegetarian ...
HOFH is an inherited disease that causes dangerously high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C ... 12 years and older with HoFH. The drug’s label was later expanded in 2023 ...