It’s not necessarily a bad thing. A cardiologist weighs in.

A concise, high-yield guide to cholesterol-lowering therapies—statins, Zetia, PCSK9 inhibitors, bempedoic acid, berberine, ...

A powerful cholesterol-lowering drug may be changing the rules of heart disease prevention. Researchers found that evolocumab, typically used for people who already have cardiovascular disease, can ...

Statins are one of our most powerful tools in the war against high cholesterol, but there are several persistent myths about their safety ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recent research suggests that the majority of side effects commonly linked to statins are not, in fact, caused by the medication ...

The long list of side effects marked on the packaging of statins can be a turn-off for those who might benefit from the cholesterol-lowering drugs. But a new study found only a few of those side ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A powerful class of drugs proven to save the lives of many is being largely ignored by people under 40. The latest research examined the need for more young patients to take a ...

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 to identify ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns that the popular cholesterol-lowering medications may cause memory loss and confusion, but long term use of the medications may reduce that risk.more In a ...

Around eight million Brits take statins for cholesterol, but experts warn this juice can make the medication more powerful ...

If you’ve spent any time on social media lately, you may have seen alarming posts claiming that statin medications can cause dementia or memory loss due to their cholesterol-lowering effects. These ...