Dr. Charles Hennekens, a medical school professor and heart disease researcher at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla., says too many patients at high risk of heart attacks and stroke are ...

Statin therapy demonstrated a dose-dependent increase in the risk for new-onset diabetes, especially among individuals already at high risk for diabetes. Higher doses of statin therapy moderately ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High-intensity statin therapy may increase bleeding risk after minor stroke. Statin dose, moderate or high, did ...

The combination of ezetimibe and a moderate-intensity statin after coronary stenting may be safer and more clinically effective than monotherapy with a high-intensity statin, suggests a "real-world" ...

Older patients who have been discharged from the hospital after myocardial infarction are at a significantly lower risk of all-cause mortality if treated with high-intensity lipid-lowering therapy, ...

A large-scale study finds that most listed statin side effects are minimal, while the cardiovascular benefits dominate, prompting calls to revise labeling for clearer decision-making.

Statins were linked to only four out of 66 suggested side effects in a major study, plus two previously known ones.

Statin labels should be revised to reflect their safety and to hopefully spur better uptake and adherence, say experts.

Most statin side effects listed on drug packaging are not supported by strong evidence, a new review suggests. Of 66 potential side effects, researchers identified only 4 linked to statins.

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