SaveHealth reports on popular statin medications that lower cholesterol and cardiovascular risks, highlighting their benefits and side effects.

CORVALLIS, Ore. – A comprehensive new review on how to treat high cholesterol and other blood lipid problems suggests that intensive treatment with high doses of statin drugs is usually the best ...

A new study by researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City aims to determine the best method to screen and evaluate patients who are at risk of developing coronary heart disease and which ...

A network meta-analysis of 42 clinical trials concludes that rosuvastatin, simvastatin, and atorvastatin are the statins most effective at lowering non-high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) ...

Eliot Brinton, MD, provides a warning concerning “maximally-tolerated statin dosing” and provides general guidance for optimal dosing. Eliot Brinton, MD: One of the mantras that we’ve had for many ...

The reason statins are so widely prescribed is because they work. They’re often prescribed as the first level of defense.

If you’re working to lower your cholesterol levels, your dinner plate can be a great place to start. Combining the right ...

Cholesterol-lowering medicines are some of the most commonly prescribed, effective drugs. But to influencers on TikTok, they're the enemy. The cholesterol-lowering drug Simvastatin. Like other statins ...

—That was the question addressed by a group of Danish researchers, who found that apolipoprotein B (apoB) and non-high-density lipoprotein (non-HDL) cholesterol may indicate more about the risk of ...