Statins are the go-to medications for lowering “bad” LDL cholesterol, reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and ...

SaveHealth reports on cholesterol medications, detailing common types like statins, their effects, and safety considerations ...

If you have high cholesterol, there's a good chance your doctor has recommended statins to get your numbers back into a ...

FDA review finds increased risk of muscle damage, kidney failure. June 9, 2011 — -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recommended limiting high doses of a widely prescribed ...

A new discovery may explain why so many people abandon cholesterol-lowering statins because of muscle pain and weakness.

A new study by researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City aims to determine the best method to screen and evaluate patients who are at risk of developing coronary heart disease and which ...

Rockville, MD - Simvastatin (Zocor, Merck/Schering-Plough), used at the highest approved dose of 80 mg, is associated with an increased risk of myopathy, including rhabdomyolysis, according to the US ...

New evidence hints that statins may protect a wider range of people with type 2 diabetes than previously assumed. A major ...

The target trial emulation study suggests rigid risk thresholds aren’t needed to steer statin use in this group.

There are a few things to know about statins to help help them work safely and effectively. This class of medications helps reduce your liver’s ability to make cholesterol, which can lower your levels ...