A new research study has debunked long-feared and mysterious side effects associated with cholesterol-lowering drugs, called ...

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

Many people who should be taking statins avoid them for fear of side effects. A large new study says most of those side ...

Are statins the best choice for me? - Discussing your personal circumstances with a GP is essential when considering statins.

Eight million people in the UK are thought to take the cheap pills, which slow down the production of LDL-cholesterol in the ...

While labels list dozens of possible risks only four are supported by evidence, say researchers ...

In a new research review, this common cholesterol-lowering medication does not cause the majority of side effects listed on ...

It is estimated that for every 10,000 high-risk people who take statins, around 1,000 heart attacks, strokes or deaths will ...

Statins do not cause the majority of the conditions that have been listed in their package leaflets, including memory loss, depression, sleep disturbance, and erectile and sexual dysfunction, ...

What are statins, and should you be taking them? In this clear and concise video, a cardiologist explains everything you need to know about statins in just 10 minutes - how they work, who they’re for, ...

Following the frequent suspicions regarding the safety of cholesterol-lowering drugs in the pre-statin era,1 statins have been a recurrent object of various concerns and alarming news. For example, ...