In adults aged 80 years or older, the use of statins is linked to a lower risk for all-cause mortality and new coronary events.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Statins can help reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke. (Getty Images) (Iryna Imago via Getty Images) About 86 million ...

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 ...

A multidisciplinary team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), has conducted a series of landmark studies demonstrating that statins can lower the risk of ...

Heart disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. To lower this risk, doctors prescribe statin drugs that reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, the type that can ...

There are a few things to know about statins to help help them work safely and effectively. This class of medications helps reduce your liver’s ability to make cholesterol, which can lower your levels ...

In the early Noughties, "cholesterol" became a bit of a buzzword, with campaigns and advertisements telling us we should care about it – and seek to maintain healthy levels. And although its ...

Decades of research have established statins as a safe treatment to effectively lower cholesterol and improve health outcomes. Most people take these drugs without any adverse effects. However, like ...