Many older people develop chronic kidney disease and are also likely to be on cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins. There has been speculation that ...

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Objective: To explore the impact of statin use on cognition. Data Sources: A literature search was performed using MEDLINE (1950-November 2011), EMBASE (1980-November 2011), and the Cochrane ...

In the Philippines, where cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been a leading cause of death for over three decades, the ...

Statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs, have no effect on kidney function, a research team led by the University of ...

Statins, which are prescription drugs that can reduce cholesterol levels and lower the risk for heart disease, don’t affect kidney function, new research shows.

There is decreased risk for MACE, stroke, and mortality in patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation who regularly use statins.

The new draft guidance introduces some flexibility into the assessments that doctors currently use to decide whether a statin should be prescribed, based on new data reinforcing the safety of the ...

The rationale for using statins in cirrhosis is the reduced portal pressure seen with statin use in prospective studies and the beneficial effects on liver outcomes seen in retrospective studies ...

This combo of medications includes a statin already used for lowering cholesterol and treating cardiovascular disease in humans. In 2022, more than 600,000 people around the world were diagnosed ...