About 47 million Americans take statins daily to lower high cholesterol, but fear of side effects keeps many others from ...

There's two promising options to make statins tolerable again.

Statins rank among the most prescribed medications worldwide, with millions taking these cholesterol-lowering drugs daily to reduce their cardiovascular risk. While these medications effectively lower ...

Statins are the most prescribed drugs in America. At last count, over 50 million people were taking medications such as atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin or lovastatin to control ...

Statins are among the most widely used medicines in the world. Doctors often prescribe them to people who have high ...

New research suggests that it’s rare to experience most of the listed side effects for this common type of cholesterol-lowering medication. Misconceptions that statins come with a high risk of side ...

A massive review of 23 randomized trials found that statins do not cause the vast majority of side effects listed on their labels. Memory problems, depression, sleep issues, weight gain, and many ...

DEAR PEOPLE’S PHARMACY: I had been on simvastatin for about 18 years when I suddenly became very ill. I was completely fatigued and the right side of my body felt tingly and numb. At the hospital, ...

Losing a battle you cannot see is one of the biggest challenges in medicine. And for many Americans, that quiet fight happens ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

High cholesterol is one of the most common and manageable risk factors for heart disease. Millions of adults are prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs to reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) ...

Heart disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. To lower this risk, doctors prescribe statin drugs that reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, the type that can ...