New medical guidelines suggest people with high cholesterol may start taking statins as early as age 30, instead of 40. 1 ...

Welcome to The Workup, a new First Opinion column from Vishal Khetpal. There’s a saying in medicine: Statins should be in the water. While this may be hyperbolic, as a cardiologist, I don’t think it’s ...

For millions of people, statins are a daily safeguard against heart attacks and strokes. But for about 1 in 10 users, these widely prescribed drugs come with an unexpected tradeoff—persistent muscle ...

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 ...

Statins, plant sterols and stanols are typically regarded as safe. Statins remain the most effective medication for reducing ...

Heart specialists have identified foods that could potentially offer similar benefits to statins, such as the ability to lower cholesterol levels. Cardiologists from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) ...