Medically reviewed by Femi Aremu, PharmD Zocor (simvastatin) and Lipitor (atorvastatin) are both statin drugs, which are ...

High cholesterol is a major risk factor for CVD ... Managing cholesterol levels and improving the effectiveness of statin therapy requires making healthy food choices. This includes eating ...

Statins may also decrease inflammation in arteries, and help raise "good" cholesterol, (high-density lipoprotein or HDL) levels. Our recommendations about who should consider a statin to lower ...

Most statin drugs are FDA-approved for children and teens under age 18, but only if they have a genetic condition that cause extremely high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol. Yet in 2009 ...

There haven’t been many studies about starting statins in people as old as you. However, I can tell you that an 84-year-old ...

Analysis Reveals an Additional Mechanism Behind Statin Therapy's Heart-Related ... men who have an unhealthy, high-cholesterol diet can cause increased risk of cardiovascular disease, or CVD ...

The findings could lead to more tailored treatments for cardiovascular disease. Scientists at the Institutes of Health (NIH) ...

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 ...

I am a healthy 84-year-old who exercises regularly, eats meat and dairy sparingly, doesn’t smoke, and has a BMI about 25. (I’m 6 feet, 1 inch tall, at 185 pounds.) My yearly wellness test was ...

Data sources Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing high-intensity statin therapy (atorvastatin 80 mg or rosuvastatin 20/40 mg) with moderate/mild statin treatment or placebo were derived from ...

Current AHA guidelines call for healthy Americans to bring LDL below 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) of blood, while ...