Scientists do not fully understand what causes the chronic neurodegenerative disease Alzheimer's, but they are examining a ...

Statins are considered safe and effective, but they may not be right for everyone to lower cholesterol.

People with genetic variants that naturally help them have lower cholesterol also have a lower risk of dementia. For those ...

By integrating oats into your breakfast and nuts into your daily snacking, you are giving your body an internal, natural ...

An expert discusses how nonstatin therapies serve as essential tools when patients can’t tolerate statins or need additional ...

With statins altering the liver’s natural function, and alcohol needing to be metabolised, Dr Guttmann says that having too ...

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 ...

A new study suggests cholesterol-lowering statins, when combined with apalutamide and hormone therapy, can significantly ...

A new medication that combines an already approved drug with a new unapproved one has been shown to cut the level of LDL, or “bad” cholestero l, when statins aren’t helping enough. In the Phase 3 ...

Lower cholesterol might protect memory and prevent dementia, linking heart health and brain health throughout life.

Cardiologists explain LDL years and other keys to knowing why and when docs recommend stains to women who are well under age ...

The debate continues as to whether or not statins have effects other than those that lower lipids that may provide additional cardiovascular benefits. An array of proposed pleiotropic effects have ...