Reducing cholesterol levels might not just be good for your heart; they might also be effective at reducing your risk of ...

Researchers have developed a DNA-based therapy that targets the PCSK9 gene to lower cholesterol naturally. Using polypurine ...

Statins, long hailed for lowering cholesterol, might offer an unexpected benefit beyond heart health—they could help slow Alzheimer’s disease. A new study suggests that these common medications might ...

Low cholesterol can reduce the risk of dementia, a new University of Bristol-led study with more than a million participants has shown. The research, led by Dr. Liv Tybjærg Nordestgaard while at the ...

The largest analysis to examine the best way to lower levels of "bad" cholesterol in patients with blocked arteries shows that they should immediately be given a combination of a statin and another ...

Statins are very cheap and highly effective cholesterol-lowering drugs -- but high-risk heart patients may have an even better option, a new evidence review says. Combining statins with another drug, ...

The very same drugs taken to cut your cholesterol could also help fight serious cases of the flu. That news is coming from a new study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Researchers ...

Statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs, have no effect on kidney function, a research team has found. Statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs, have no effect on kidney function, a ...

Among older adults, the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs lowered the risk of dying from a cardiovascular event by about 20 percent, a study shows. The study, published in the Journal of the American ...

Cholesterol-lowering medicines are some of the most commonly prescribed, effective drugs. But to influencers on TikTok, they're the enemy. The cholesterol-lowering drug Simvastatin. Like other statins ...