It’s not necessarily a bad thing. A cardiologist weighs in.

VESALIUS-CV data supported evolocumab reducing MACE in high-risk primary prevention diabetes over 4.8 years, reinforcing the long-term outcome value of intensive LDL-C lowering. Merck’s oral PCSK9 ...

A powerful cholesterol-lowering drug may be changing the rules of heart disease prevention. Researchers found that evolocumab, typically used for people who already have cardiovascular disease, can ...

Repatha was first approved in 2015 and has since been used by more than 8 million patients globally. 5,6 In August 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration broadened the approved use of Repatha to ...

Mass General Brigham researchers found that the intensive cholesterol‑lowering therapy evolocumab reduced the risk of a first major cardiovascular event in high‑risk patients who did not have known ...

CENTER ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR. WHEN YOU THINK OF MENOPAUSE. YOU MAY THINK OF MOOD SWINGS AND HOT FLASHES, BUT YOU NEED TO ALSO CONSIDER YOUR CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER ...

RIYADH — The Ministry of Health said it has monitored the circulation of misleading information on social media regarding cholesterol-lowering statin medications, following the spread of a video that ...

Statins are the most prescribed drugs in America. At last count, more than 50 million people were taking medications such as atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin or lovastatin to ...

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary told CNBC that his view is that "everything should be over the counter" unless a drug is unsafe, addictive or requires monitoring. He said the ...

New research suggests that statins do not cause the majority of side effects listed on their labels, including memory problems, depression, and sleep issues. The corresponding study was published in ...

Statins are lifesaving drugs, which have been proven to protect against heart attacks and strokes. Among the large number of patients assessed in this well-conducted analysis, only four side effects ...