There haven’t been many studies about starting statins in people as old as you. However, I can tell you that an 84-year-old ...

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

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

Statin drugs are some of the most commonly prescribed medications in the world. They are used to lower cholesterol and reduce ...

The British Heart Foundation said lowering cholesterol can prevent heart attacks and strokes - and some natural remedies ...

Most statin drugs are FDA-approved for children and teens under age 18, but only if they have a genetic condition that cause extremely high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol. Yet in 2009 ...

People with high cholesterol taking statins have a higher prevalence of glaucoma than those with elevated cholesterol but not ...

A research team led by Hong Soon-joon, Cha Jung-joon, and Kim Joo-hyun of the Department of Circulatory Mechanics at Korea ...

The body needs some cholesterol to maintain good health. But for those who need to reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke, statin drugs lower the level of "bad" cholesterol (low-density lipo ...

Approximately 25% of participants did not undergo lipid testing before buying OTC statins, however, 62% had discussed their cholesterol levels with their physician the year before study entry and ...

More than a quarter of Americans over the age of 40 are taking a statin. But what happens if you are statin-intolerant?

it was down to 6.2. But I still needed to reduce my bad cholesterol (LDL) score to avoid going on statins. I don’t really like the idea of taking prescription medicine for life, plus many ...