Statins: For statins, the side effects can be surprising. Some people taking these medications have been found to gain weight ...

These drugs reduce the cholesterol your body makes and help clear out LDL in your blood vessels where they can leave ...

Cholesterol levels are something that many people tend to struggle with, but with the right information and lifestyle changes ...

Vitamin D is an essential vitamin that may interact with other medications and supplements, such as statins, thiazide ...

Health experts have advices people to make two simple changes to their diet to lower their cholesterol levels before it gets ...

Salk scientists discover protein first identified at Salk in 1996 called PIN1 encourages tumor growth in bladder cancer, then ...

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.

Researchers identified a molecule, BA-MCY, produced by the body with microbial influence, which counters signals from gut ...

Researchers discovered that the body and gut microbes jointly regulate fat metabolism using BA-MCY, a molecule that balances ...

So, an elevated LDL cholesterol level is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. While lowering LDL cholesterol levels with statin drugs significantly reduces cardiac risk, reducing LDL ...

Pharmacy benefits manager CVS Health has warned that the new PCSK9 inhibitor class of cholesterol-lowering drugs poses an unprecedented challenge to the US healthcare system. In a blog post ...

Researchers from the University of Leicester, working with international collaborators, have unraveled a key mechanism by ...