A groundbreaking new study reveals a gene-editing therapy that dramatically lowered 'bad' cholesterol in monkeys, offering ...

Developed by Merck, the new cholesterol pill, can lower LDL levels by around 605 in adults with a genetic form of high ...

An experimental drug called enlicitide reduced levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or “bad” cholesterol by almost 60% in ...

A new medication that combines an already approved drug with a new unapproved one has been shown to cut the level of LDL, or “bad” cholestero l, when statins aren’t helping enough. In the Phase 3 ...

LONDON, Nov 26: Cholesterol, long classified simply as “good” or “bad,” is now understood to be far more complex, with ...

A new study suggests you may want to pay better attention to your HDL cholesterol — but not for the reason you might think.

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, ...

If millions of Americans no longer qualify for a statin or a blood pressure medication based on a new calculator updated to better predict their risk, that could lead to 107,000 more heart attacks and ...

A large new study found that people in their late seventies and eighties with heart-disease risk factors saw a significant benefit from statins. People ages 75 to 84 reduced their risk of heart ...

A new analysis of research data found that a high dose of popular cholesterol pill Lipitor lowers the risk of heart attack and stroke in some patients with both heart disease and kidney disease, the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - It may take a breakthrough treatment for Alzheimer's disease to match the $130 billion lifetime sales record of Pfizer's Lipitor, the cholesterol fighter that wrote its own ...