In the large clinical trials that proved the benefits of statins, about a quarter of people complained of myalgia, although ...

Now that we know that your cholesterol is high, what that means is that you are at higher risk. Depending on the exact number, your risk could be 2 times, 4 times, 5 times higher than it ...

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 ...

In 2012, we reported encouraging results with alirocumab from phase 2, demonstrating that alirocumab can lower LDL-C by about 70% on top of statins and bring almost 100% of patients to their LDL-C ...

It's said 86 million Americans have high cholesterol. Here's an important heads-up for statin users in two U.S. regions.

People with small polyps like yours are at a low risk for developing colon cancer, so the recommendation by the task force is ...

People with intermediate-risk scores on coronary artery calcium testing who received statins and intensive health coaching ...

Stanol esters, which are in certain margarines such as Take Control or Benecol and in pill-form supplements, are also used in combination with statin drugs. This plant-derived compound can reduce ...