When I tried statin therapy as part of an experiment, I quickly developed a common side effect. But what concerned me wasn’t ...

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

Many people stop taking cholesterol-lowering statins because they experience muscle aches, weakness, and fatigue.

Rhabdomyolysis, a syndrome characterized by muscle necrosis with release of toxic intracellular muscle constituents, can be a potentially fatal side effect of medical therapy. Here I report a patient ...

For this study, researchers aimed to determine the impact of statin use on the risk of nephrolithiasis and to assess whether higher lipid levels were associated with the risk of stone formation.

While statins are proven to save lives, doctors say they work best when paired with healthy lifestyle habits like diet, ...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is characterized by a poor prognosis and is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide. Simvastatin, an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, which decreases ...

Bottles of Lipitor, left, and Zocor, two popular cholesterol-lowering drugs. (Mike Mergen/The New York Times) (Mike Mergen / New York Times) If you are over the age of 40, chances are you already pop ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who used statins had a reduced risk for HCC, hepatic decompensation and fibrosis progression.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Protection against PSC was reported in both ulcerative colitis (HR = 0.21) and Crohn’s disease (HR = 0.15). No ...

Among patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), statin use does not seem to be associated with an increased risk of dementia, according to new Norwegian data. People with FH are often put on ...