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

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 ...

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

Yet in 2009, pediatricians wrote children in the U.S. at least 2.8 million prescriptions for drugs to lower cholesterol; nearly 2.3 million of them were for statins. (not including prescriptions ...

I am a healthy 84-year-old who exercises regularly, eats meat and dairy sparingly, doesn’t smoke, and has a BMI about 25. (I’m 6 feet, 1 inch tall, at 185 pounds.) My yearly wellness test was ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a healthy 84-year-old who exercises regularly, eats meat and dairy sparingly, doesn’t smoke, and has a ...

A recent groundbreaking study published in the journal NEJM Evidence found no association between exposure to very low ...

I am a healthy 84-year-old who exercises regularly, eats meat and dairy sparingly, doesn't smoke, and has a BMI about 25.

Analysis Reveals an Additional Mechanism Behind Statin ... cholesterol levels low even ... Aug. 14, 2024 — More than a quarter of Australians over the age of 50 take cholesterol-lowering drugs ...