Crestor (rosuvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) are the top medications for lowering blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides. High cholesterol (and triglycerides) occurs when the fat in your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recent research suggests that the majority of side effects commonly linked to statins are not, in fact, caused by the medication ...

Both statin and ezetimibe are commonly prescribed medicines to manage high cholesterol levels. Read on as a doctor explains ...

Statins are one of our most powerful tools in the war against high cholesterol, but there are several persistent myths about their safety ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Statins are ordinarily prescribed to those with dangerous levels of "bad cholesterol." (Getty Images) (Peter Dazeley via Getty ...

Federal health officials Tuesday added new safety alerts to the prescribing information of statins, cholesterol-reducing medications that are among the most widely prescribed drugs in the world, ...

Coverage of a new PCSK9 trial makes bold claims about prevention and risk reduction. But how well do they hold up to scrutiny ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Many people with high cholesterol may avoid taking ...

New research indicates that the majority of side-effects commonly linked to statins are not, in fact, caused by the medication itself. A comprehensive study, published in The Lancet, examined data ...