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

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 ...

Statins help people manage high cholesterol levels, but many experts want to know if these drugs can also support brain ...

“Society guidelines do not recommend statins for preeclampsia prevention at this time as more research is needed,” Schwabe ...

A recent study published in recent issue of The Journal of Arthroplasty revealed that preoperative statin use is associated ...

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

In comparison, high-density lipoprotein works to reduce cholesterol levels by absorbing it and carrying it back to the liver.

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 ...

The new draft guidance introduces some flexibility into the assessments that doctors currently use to decide whether a statin should be prescribed, based on new data reinforcing the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

FH is a genetic condition of very high cholesterol levels that presents a high risk for coronary artery disease.

The following is a summary of “High Density Lipoproteins Associate with Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the All of Us Research Program,” published in the January 2025 issue of Ophthalmology by ...