The results, in The Lancet journal, come from trials involving more than 120,000 people comparing statins with a dummy drug or placebo.

A new study from Johns Hopkins University has raised fresh concerns about rosuvastatin, a common drug used to lower cholesterol. Cholesterol is a fatty substance in the blood, and high levels can lead ...

Take a look at the product insert for a statin and you’ll see a long list of side effects. The majority of them, a new study suggests, are likely exaggerated. Despite their widespread use, many ...

Dear Dr. Donohue: I have a question about taking simvastatin for cholesterol. After about six weeks of taking it, my right heel began to hurt, as if I'd bruised it. In another week, my left heel began ...

If you've avoided taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs because you're worried about the risk of developing memory loss, depression or other scary side effects, this scenario plays out more often ...

Heart disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. To lower this risk, doctors prescribe statin drugs that reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, the type that can ...

Using a high-dose statin with ezetimibe significantly reduces levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol, increasing a person's chances of reaching healthy levels by 85%, researchers found. Adobe stock/HealthDay ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US, killing around 700,000 Americans each year. New research estimates that nearly 50,000 US lives could be saved annually with a one-two punch of ...