To prevent these issues, doctors often prescribe statins, which are drugs that help lower cholesterol, especially LDL cholesterol, known as “bad” cholesterol because of its link to heart problems.
Well, Oxford University researchers are concentrating on eye disease with the LENS trial and have shown that a drug usually used to lower cholesterol, fenofibrate, reduces the risk of certain ...
High LDL cholesterol levels (“bad cholesterol”), low HDL cholesterol levels (“good cholesterol”), and high triglyceride levels are now recognized as being major risk factors for cardiovascular disease ...
Here's a list of questions and answers you may have about cholesterol, how to manage it, and how to treat it. Avoiding things that raise your LDL or lower your HDL cholesterol can help keep your ...
Novartis' cholesterol-lowering drug Leqvio will be made available on the NHS in England and Wales, and could help to prevent up to 30,000 deaths, according to NICE.