DALLAS -- Contrary to government claims, side effects happen more often with Crestor, a cholesterol-lowering drug that consumer advocates tried to get off the market earlier this year, a new analysis ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators see benefits to using an AstraZeneca Plc cholesterol drug in a vast new group of patients but will ask outside advisers to probe various safety issues, documents ...

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 ...

In a head-to-head test of two popular cholesterol-lowering statin drugs — Lipitor and Crestor — both medications worked equally well.more Lipitor (atorvastatin) and Crestor (rosuvastatin) both ...

FILE PHOTO: A box of the drug "Crestor" made by pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca is held by a pharmacy worker as he poses for a photograph at a pharmacy in London April 28, 2014. REUTERS/Luke ...

If you're one of the millions of women taking medication to protect your heart, you already know how much these prescriptions can do for your health. But here's the thing: Even the best heart ...

DALLAS - Contrary to government claims, side effects happen more often with Crestor, a cholesterol-lowering drug that consumer advocates tried to get off the market earlier this year, a new analysis ...