A cholesterol pill isn’t a free pass. Healthy daily habits can help a statin work better for your heart, a cardiologist says.

New research from Oxford offers reassurance regarding statin use. While muscle aches are common, severe muscle damage linked ...

Shortly after my 60th birthday, my cholesterol level inexplicably began to rise despite exercise and a healthy weight and a healthy diet. I tried to bring it down by cutting cheese, eggs and most meat ...

If your doctor has prescribed a statin to help lower your cholesterol, you're in good company - and you may have heard ...

For some people with high cholesterol, making lifestyle changes and taking routine statin medications may not be sufficient to help them reach their target cholesterol levels. For these patients, a ...

If your last lipid panel results came back higher than you'd like, you're probably wondering how to reduce your cholesterol in seven days without jumping straight to statins. Here's the honest answer: ...

Few medicines have sparked as much debate as statins. Cardiologists often describe them as life-saving, while some patients remain wary of side effects or uneasy about taking a daily pill. Statins sit ...

Cholesterol medication bringing you down? Cholesterol-lowering statin medications are the number one money-making medication. These drugs generated 35.3 billion dollars in sales worldwide in 2009.

The cholesterol medication alirocumab, a PCSK9 inhibitor, combined with a statin appeared to reduce LDL cholesterol levels by more than 50% among patients after a heart transplant, according to a late ...

Amelia MacIntyre, DO, is a board-certified family medicine physician. She is certified in osteopathic medicine. Whole plant foods, soluble fiber, and unsaturated fats can help lower LDL cholesterol.