The American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association and nine other leading medical associations, today issued an updated guideline for the management of dyslipidemia-abnormal ...

Thousands of lives could be saved by combining statins with another cholesterol-lowering drug, according to new research. The largest analysis to examine the best way to lower levels of "bad" ...

CHICAGO, IL—A decision-support tool failed to significantly increase the use of combination therapy or intensification of current lipid-lowering regimens compared with usual care in patients recently ...

Zocor (simvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) are both statin drugs, which are medications used to lower cholesterol levels in the blood. Statins primarily work by inhibiting the enzyme HMG-CoA ...

For some people with high cholesterol, making lifestyle changes and taking routine statin medications may not be sufficient to help them reach their target cholesterol levels. For these patients, a ...