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 ...

Statins are the most prescribed drugs in America. At last count, more than 50 million people were taking medications such as atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin or lovastatin to ...

At the end of the study, those taking the drug had 21% lower LDL cholesterol levels than those taking a placebo. They also ...

Dr. Charles Hennekens, a medical school professor and heart disease researcher at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla., says too many patients at high risk of heart attacks and stroke are ...

New guidelines recommend considering cholesterol-lowering statins in the 30s, screening all adults for hidden risk factors ...