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Although these cholesterol medications are some of the safest and most effective, they can come with unwanted side effects. We asked a doctor to explain.

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Statins are widely prescribed medications used to lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

Some studies suggest that statins may reduce the risk of kidney damage in people with diabetes or high blood pressure, two ...

NewAmsterdam Pharma said Tuesday its cholesterol drug lowered the risk of major cardiovascular events and the biotech stock ...

The cholesterol-lowering drug has been classed as a breakthrough therapy for homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (HoFH) by the FDA, which is due to deliver a decision on the marketing ...

Verve Therapeutics has started dosing patients in a phase 1b trial of its in vivo gene-editing drug for high cholesterol, designed to permanently switch off the PCSK9 gene with a one-shot treatment.

Many adults with high LDL (bad) cholesterol resign themselves to taking a statin drug when no other lifestyle changes will work—and in most cases rightly so, since the evidence is strong for ...

Are Statins Right For You? If you have high cholesterol, your healthcare provider may prescribe you a statin drug. Still, statins may not be appropriate for everyone, so talk with a practitioner about ...