Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins are credited with dramatically reducing heart attacks and are some of the most-prescribed pills in the United States. But roughly 10 to 30 percent of people ...

Federal health officials Tuesday added new safety alerts to the prescribing information of statins, cholesterol-reducing medications that are among the most widely prescribed drugs in the world, ...

Drugs to lower cholesterol run neck and neck with antidepressants for popularity in the U.S. There's ample evidence cholesterol-lowering pills called statins can reduce the risk of a repeat heart ...

High cholesterol is one of the greatest risks to heart health. When excessive cholesterol accumulates in the blood, a condition known as hypercholesterolaemia, it can block arteries and raise the risk ...

These cholesterol-lowering medications have gotten a bad rap. Here’s why. Credit...Aileen Son for The New York Times Supported by By Jyoti Madhusoodanan Q: Do statins increase the risk of Type 2 ...

Drugs known as statins are the first-choice treatment for high cholesterol but millions of people who can’t or won’t take those pills because of side effects may have another option. In a major study, ...

Elevated cholesterol levels have become increasingly common these days. When cholesterol levels are high, it leads to plaque build-up in the arteries, leading to atherosclerosis. This condition ...

Verve Therapeutics said initial data show that its investigational gene-editing therapy lowered cholesterol without inducing serious side effects, a positive step for the company after it paused ...

Researchers have developed a DNA-based therapy that targets the PCSK9 gene to lower cholesterol naturally. Using polypurine hairpins, they increased cholesterol uptake by cells and reduced ...

Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. Verve Therapeutics said ...