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 ...

The findings could lead to more tailored treatments for cardiovascular disease. Scientists at the Institutes of Health (NIH) ...

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

People are hesitant to take statins due to possible side effects. Trump-backed bill to avert government shutdown fails; ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

To estimate that risk, doctors use equations that include different risk factors, such as age, cholesterol levels, and blood ...

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