Few medicines have sparked as much debate as statins. Cardiologists often describe them as life-saving, while some patients ...
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While statins are proven to save lives, doctors say they work best when paired with healthy lifestyle habits like diet, ...
Research at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2024 evaluated lipid-lowering therapy beyond statins alone in patients with high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. While statins ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - New guidelines on heart health that sparked fierce debate among U.S. cardiologists last fall could lead 12.8 million more Americans to take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, U.S.
DEAR READERS: In yesterday's column I began to answer a reader's question as to what I thought about the new statin guidelines. Today, I finish my necessarily long-winded answer. Statin drugs have (at ...
DEAR READERS: In yesterday’s column I began to answer a reader’s question as to what I thought about the new statin guidelines. Today, I finish my necessarily long-winded answer. Statin drugs have (at ...