Doctors should consider treating high cholesterol much earlier and more aggressively than they have in the past, according to ...

Statins were consistently associated with reduced cardiovascular risks for those older than 85 without excess myopathies and liver dysfunction. (Annals of Internal Medicine) Treatment with ...

Taking steps to lower levels of harmful LDL cholesterol at a much earlier stage than current medical practice indicates could ...

Future Cardiol. 2009;5(1):1-4. That leaves extrapolation from secondary prevention women's results to support primary prevention statin use, yet the risk profiles for women in the two groups obviously ...

About 40% of American adults — some 137 million — are eligible to take the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist semaglutide, said authors of a new study. Semaglutide will quickly overtake ...

Researchers report that only 35% of adults who are eligible to take statins for prevention of cardiovascular disease are actually using them. They said that misinformation about statins’ side effects ...

Millions more adults should consider starting cholesterol-lowering medications earlier to reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke, according to new medical guidance. In an updated guideline ...

Liz covers cardiovascular and metabolic disease, asking why we’re not doing better or even losing ground against the world’s leading killer. Send tips on Signal at LizC.22. Far fewer people who could ...

Share on Pinterest New research finds that most adults who could benefit from taking statins to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease aren’t taking them. Dobrila Vignjevic/Getty Images Statins ...