Statins are widely prescribed medications used to lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

Current AHA guidelines call for healthy Americans to bring LDL below 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) of blood, while ...

Medications to lower cholesterol were the most-often-prescribed drug in the U.S. in 2009. The FDA approved them to be used with dietary modifications to reduce LDL levels ("bad") cholesterol in ...

Women who have had strokes may be more likely than men to skip doses of medications that could help prevent a second stroke, ...

A UCLA study has outlined a new framework that researchers say would improve predictive power of genetics to determine how well a patient would respond to commonly prescribed medications as well as ...

People with CKD often have risk factors for heart disease, too, which is why medications to control cholesterol and blood pressure are often prescribed. Statins are recommended for people at an ...

The gap in nonadherence was most pronounced for cholesterol-lowering medications ... 11.5% of participants reported not taking their medication as prescribed. Compared to men, women were 80% ...