Statins help people manage high cholesterol levels, but many experts want to know if these drugs can also support brain health. A new meta-analysis out of Brazil might hold some clues. Using data from ...

Without robust evidence of benefits of primary prevention statin use in women with elevated cholesterol, and some evidence of cardiac risk for some statins or subgroups of women, the cardiology ...

Even though statins are a great group of medications, they don’t work for everyone. One reason they may not work is because we may see some reduction in cholesterol but not enough. Another ...

Researchers Find Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Have No Effect on Kidney Function Jan. 27, 2025 — Statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs, have no effect on kidney function, a research team has ...

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 ...

You may be familiar with the “bad cholesterol” known as low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. This is potentially dangerous at high levels as it can lead to CVD. Fortunately, a group of medicines ...

A small red supplement priced at a mere 24p could help lower "bad" cholesterol levels, according to research. A study suggests that this inexpensive pill might yield results comparable to statins ...