Statins are among the most commonly prescribed medications for reducing high cholesterol and lowering the risk of heart attack and stroke. People searching for popular statin medications are often ...

Researchers analyzed large real-world datasets to evaluate statin therapy across underrepresented patient groups. Their studies confirmed that statins lower cardiovascular risk without increasing ...

High cholesterol is one of the most common and manageable risk factors for heart disease. Millions of adults are prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs to reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) ...

Patients 80 years of age and older experienced a 31% reduction in mortality and a 20% reduction in the risk of new coronary events when they participated in statin therapy, according to a March study ...

In adults aged 80 years or older, the use of statins is linked to a lower risk for all-cause mortality and new coronary events.

Benefits of statins greatly outweigh risks, study leader says Wrongly attributed side effects may discourage use by patients and doctors Regulators should change statin labeling, researchers say Feb 5 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What To Know: Sunshine Biopharma, through its wholly owned Canadian subsidiary Nora Pharma, announced the launch of Pravastatin, a lipid metabolism regulator. The stock was up more than 17% at the ...

Discontinuing statins before pregnancy does not increase maternal cardiovascular risk, even in patients with pre-existing atherosclerotic disease.