Cholesterol, a lipid naturally processed by the liver, is an essential component of the human body. Yet, it has a bad ...

Concomitant use of statins improved survival among people with cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, according to ...

High cholesterol levels can lead to cardiovascular disease - however, making changes to your diet and lifestyle can make a ...

Evolucumab (Repatha) and alirocumab (Praluent) are injectable monoclonal antibodies. They have been joined by inclisiran ...

Objective: To explore the impact of statin use on cognition. Data Sources: A literature search was performed using MEDLINE (1950-November 2011), EMBASE (1980-November 2011), and the Cochrane ...

Dosing a statin (rosuvastatin) every other day (EOD) may provide significant lipoprotein changes while avoiding common adverse effects in this statin-intolerant population. Objective: To determine ...

They weren’t very effective; on a statin, my total cholesterol was still 226 mg/dL. Without medicine, it was 310 mg/dL. When ...

Most statin drugs are FDA-approved for children and teens under age 18, but only if they have a genetic condition that cause extremely high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol. Yet in 2009 ...

Hard pill to swallow In the Philippines, where cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been a leading cause of death for over three ...

Research is unclear on whether CoQ10 supplements can help your heart health or help relieve muscle pain from statin medications. Your doctor can best determine if you may benefit from taking both ...

Updated guidance on preventing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in people with dyslipidemia includes changes reflecting ...