Taking common cholesterol-lowering medications known as statins does not appear to affect an older adult’s long-term risk of ...

Repatha, a PCSK9 inhibitor, lowers cholesterol well, especially for those intolerant to statins, but its absolute risk ...

Youngsters face a silent cholesterol epidemic, with alarming rates among urban and rural youth. Misconceptions about youth ...

Are statins safe for long-term use? Learn about the benefits, side effects, and how they help reduce heart disease risk.

A new breakthrough could change how high cholesterol is treated, offering a powerful alternative to traditional drugs. Researchers have developed tiny DNA-based molecules that shut down PCSK9—a key ...

Novartis, Amgen and Eli Lilly are betting that slashing levels of a particularly bad form of cholesterol could deliver the ...

I’m a 75-year-old woman who’s in very good health. Since my early 50s, I’ve had issues with my cholesterol. My ...

Important safety changes to the labeling for some widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins are being announced today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. These products, when used ...

Researchers used tiny DNA-based molecules to cut levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol by nearly 50% in animal models. This was ...

The guidelines take aim at strokes, not just heart attacks. They’re personalized for men and women, and blacks and whites. They estimate a person’s risk in a novel way and change the goal of treating ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday announced that it’s withdrawing approval of AbbVie’s new drug applications (NDAs) for the cholesterol drugs Advicor (niacin extended-release [ER] ...