DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a woman in my late 60s with a family history that includes an older brother who had a heart attack at a young age. My total cholesterol has hovered around 200 mg/dL for many years ...

Heart experts at Johns Hopkins are calling premature the early halt of a study by researchers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Washington Hospital Center on the benefits of combining ...

SAN FRANCISCO (March 9, 2013) — A highly anticipated study evaluating a combination of the vitamin niacin with the anti-flushing agent laropiprant finds the therapy provides no benefit to and may even ...

Already relegated to the periphery of clinical practice, a new meta-analysis calls for a federal committee to reconsider a residual indication for extended-release niacin monotherapy in secondary ...

Dear Dr. Roach • I have been taking niacin for many years. What side effects should I be looking for? My cardiologist recently added Lipitor to my medications, which tells me that the niacin was not ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." High levels of niacin, a B vitamin that’s found in many foods and added to fortified cereals and breads, ...

ACC: Niacin/Laropiprant No Benefit in Vascular Disease Combination treatment associated with excess of bleeding, increase in serious side effects. For patients with preexisting occlusive vascular ...

DENVER—Niacin treatment is known to lower phosphorus levels in patients with stage 5 CKD and hyperphosphatemia, but new findings show that this effect extends across a broad spectrum of renal function ...

Amelia Ti is a Registered Dietitian (RD) and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) based in NYC. She completed her Bachelor's in Nutrition & Dietetics at NYU and Master's in Applied ...

Researchers have reported the development of a new combination drug that will allow patients to take high doses of the cholesterol-lowering vitamin niacin without a painful and embarrassing side ...

People with high levels of niacin, also known as vitamin B3, in their blood may be more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than those with lower levels. Excessive amounts of the vitamin, which is ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." [table-of-contents] stripped Niacin has been linked to a higher risk of heart disease. It is often added ...