A medical expert has revealed how individuals can reduce their cholesterol levels without relying on statins. The doctor was responding to a patient's query about alternative methods to lower ...

The newer statins on the market have longer half-lives than the original statins. Alternative dosing schedules using once-, twice- or three-times a week or every-other-day dosing, have been ...

Medications alone aren't the only means to lower cholesterol levels. Some over-the-counter alternative high cholesterol treatments can help -- but others don't fulfill their promise. "While there ...

According to a new study by researchers, heart patients who can't tolerate the side effects of cholesterol-lowering drugs may have a new option. According to a new study by researchers from the ...

has suggested some specific foods that could serve as "natural alternatives to statins". The charity highlighted four such foods and explored the science behind them. Plant sterols and stanols, which ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. More than a quarter of Americans over the age of 40 are taking a statin to lower their cholesterol and ...

Other lipid-lowering medications, such as intestinal agents, niacin and fibrates, can be used as alternative strategies in patients who cannot tolerate statins or in combination with low-dose ...