Cholesterol-lowering medications, like ezetimibe, may cut liver cancer risk by 31%. Discover how this breakthrough could help ...

Statins: For statins, the side effects can be surprising. Some people taking these medications have been found to gain weight ...

Salk scientists discover protein first identified at Salk in 1996 called PIN1 encourages tumor growth in bladder cancer, then ...

Cholesterol medication can be necessary for certain people for health reasons. But as it turns out, taking it can affect a ...

Cholesterol is a waxy substance in your blood that helps your body build cells and produce certain hormones. While ...

Current AHA guidelines call for healthy Americans to bring LDL below 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) of blood, while those who’ve had a heart attack or stroke are encouraged to drop LDL at least ...

Most statin drugs are FDA-approved for children and ... Our advisers say that lowering a child's cholesterol level without drugs and improving their overall health is vastly preferred over medication.

Without robust evidence of benefits of primary prevention statin use in women with elevated cholesterol, and some evidence of cardiac risk for some statins or subgroups of women, the cardiology ...