Aug. 14, 2024 — More than a quarter of Australians over the age of 50 take cholesterol-lowering drugs to prevent heart disease and strokes, but our bodies also need cholesterol to survive.

JE: Human genetic studies provide strong target validation for the role of PCSK9 in modulating LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD).

Researchers are mindful of the exciting days when new drugs raised “good” cholesterol, or HDL, but found they didn’t lower the risk of a heart attack or stroke, says Stephen Nicholls ...

The innovative treatment approach combines simvastatin, a widely prescribed cholesterol-lowering medication, with sulfopin, a newly developed PIN1 inhibitor. This combination therapy works ...

Objective—Malabsorptive bariatric surgery (biliopancreatic diversion and biliointestinal bypass [BIBP]) reduces serum cholesterol levels more than restrictive surgery (adjustable gastric banding ...

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Al-Aly said he was inspired to do the study by the story of statin drugs, like Lipitor, which are prescribed to treat high cholesterol. After those were introduced, studies began to suggest they ...