Among people with a previous heart attack or stroke, or who are at high risk for one, a daily oral medication may offer an effective alternative to injections of PCSK9 inhibitors to lower low-density ...

Dear Dr. Roach: In a recent column, you wrote about reducing cholesterol with the help of statins along with a PCSK9i, such as Repatha or Praluent. My question is: Are these PCSK9is at all beneficial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Big news for those concerned about their heart health: Pharmaceutical company Merck has created a new pill called enlicitide, ...

An Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center survey shows 61% of Americans don’t know there are other medicines besides statins to help lower cholesterol. Other survey results show many haven’t ...

Cholesterol-lowering drugs that are alternatives to statins may become more widely used after a major trial has shown they can stop heart attacks and strokes even in people not thought to be at the ...

Statins are among the most commonly prescribed medications for reducing high cholesterol and lowering the risk of heart attack and stroke. People searching for popular statin medications are often ...

For many people living with stubbornly high cholesterol, lifestyle changes and statin therapy can only go so far. A recent study published in JAMA offers encouraging early evidence that a new oral ...

High cholesterol is one of the most common and manageable risk factors for heart disease. Millions of adults are prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs to reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) ...

The newer statins on the market have longer half-lives than the original statins. Alternative dosing schedules using once-, twice- or three-times a week or every-other-day dosing, have been ...