Top doctors explain who needs statins, cholesterol risks, lifestyle changes, side effects, and newer treatments for better ...

High cholesterol doesn't come with symptoms, but it can still be a serious risk to your health. Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins are commonly prescribed to bring your numbers back down into ...

Heart patients who can't tolerate the side effects of cholesterol-lowering drugs may have a new option, according to a new study by researchers from the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain ...

An experimental treatment has shown promise in lowering bad cholesterol, offering hope for people at risk of heart disease but who cannot tolerate drugs known as statins, researchers said Sunday. The ...

If your last cholesterol check came back higher than you'd hoped, take a deep breath—you have options. Plenty of women want to try something other than medication first, and doctors say there's real ...

Dr Amir Khan said that if a person has high total cholesterol levels, often above 7 or 7.5, it may indicate familial ...

An alternative drug to statins could help control potentially deadly cholesterol, say scientists. Researchers have discovered how high cholesterol levels dismantle the liver's defenses — and how the ...

An Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center survey shows 61% of Americans don’t know there are other medicines besides statins to help lower cholesterol. Other survey results show many haven’t ...

Statins are among the most commonly prescribed medications for reducing high cholesterol and lowering the risk of heart attack and stroke. People searching for popular statin medications are often ...

Dr Ricardo Petraco is an internationally recognised consultant cardiologist and researcher based at Imperial College London ...