SaveHealth reports on cholesterol medications, detailing common types like statins, their effects, and safety considerations ...

For adults with T2DM, statin initiation is associated with reductions in all-cause mortality and major CVD risk.

The reason statins are so widely prescribed is because they work. They’re often prescribed as the first level of defense.

Findings of reduced risks for mortality and major CVD suggest consideration of statins in all adults with type 2 diabetes, even in those with low short-term predicted CVD risk.

For decades, statins have been the quiet workhorses of cardiology, cutting heart attack and stroke risk for millions while ...

The target trial emulation study suggests rigid risk thresholds aren’t needed to steer statin use in this group.

Long-term statin use is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes of approximately 30% in individuals at high risk of the disease, even after taking into account known risk factors and ...

The official prescribing information for rosuvastatin (Crestor) includes the following: “... rare postmarketing reports of ...

Statins have been a major boon to treating the leading cause of death among Americans, heart disease. The drugs, almost all of which are now off patent and available for as little as a few dollars a ...

Millions of patients with high cholesterol will soon have a promising - but pricey - new option for treatment. A new type of drug to lower LDL or "bad" cholesterol won approval from the U.S. Food and ...