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

CLEVELAND, Ohio (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. More than a quarter of Americans over the age of 40 are taking a statin to lower their cholesterol and to ...

CHICAGO, IL (updated) — Six-month treatment with the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor evolocumab (Repatha, Amgen) can dramatically reduce LDL-cholesterol levels in ...

An AI framework developed by Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University identified statin intolerance, contraindications and patient deferrals documented in clinical notes for 10% of adult patients.

Have you heard of the most prescribed medicines for high cholesterol, diabetes, and heart disease? They're called statins. If you have a history of high cholesterol, chances are your doctor has ...

Steven E. Nissen, M.D., of the Cleveland Clinic, and colleagues identified patients with muscle-related adverse effects from statins and compared lipid-lowering efficacy for two nonstatin therapies, ...

Bempedoic acid, sold under the name Nexletol, was designed specifically to treat statin-intolerant patients. The FDA approved it for this purpose in 2020, but the effects of the drug on heart health ...

An alternative option for patients who have tried several statins and experienced recurrent myalgia is to initiate a more potent statin, such as atorvastatin or rosuvastatin, on an every-other-day or ...

A new fixed-dose combination therapy pairing obicetrapib with the cholesterol-lowering drug ezetimibe significantly reduced low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels in patients whose ...

As you age, your doctor’s interest in your cholesterol level is likely to increase. That’s no coincidence. High cholesterol and age are two significant risk factors for heart disease, which is the ...