Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) who were taking cholesterol-lowering statin medications at the start of their cancer treatment had a 61% lower ...

Investigators who previously found that a daily statin pill helps prevent heart attacks and strokes in people with HIV have now discovered a potential mechanism that may help to stabilize plaques ...

CHICAGO — In a phase 2b study, treatment with a once-daily oral PCSK9 inhibitor added to statin therapy resulted in a more than 50% reduction in LDL cholesterol at 12 weeks in patients with ...

Currently, cardiologists determine a patient's need for a statin based on traditional risk factors, using the Pooled Cohort Equation (PCE), which calculates coronary risk by assessing the risk ...

001). Incorporating FIB-4 scores, a surrogate marker for liver fibrosis, also showed that statin users were less likely to experience fibrosis progression, offering a potential mechanism of action ...