Dr Ayan Panja says the story behind cholesterol is a good deal more complicated than most of us believe – and that a natural ...

An investigational PCSK9 inhibitor with a different mechanism from existing drugs in this class has been shown to safely and ...

Experts analysed 14 previous studies involving more than 100,000 patients at very high risk of a heart attack or stroke, or ...

Cardiologists at the British Heart Foundation have shared two of the most effective natural alternatives that research has ...

A major new study shows that giving heart attack patients a cholesterol-lowering combo treatment early on – not months later ...

Statins have been used safely for years. They help to lower LDL-C "bad" cholesterol by reducing the production of it by the ...

While plant sterols and stanols can aid in reducing cholesterol levels, similar to statins, they should not be viewed as a ...

Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias “don’t just suddenly descend on us when we are old”, says James Rowe, professor of ...

Commonly prescribed medications such as statins, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and certain blood pressure drugs may significantly delay the onset of Parkinson’s disease. The study, published ...

Adding ezetimibe (Zetia) therapy to statins early after a heart attack improved outcomes, Swedish national records suggested.

Patients who receive a combination of drugs shortly after a heart attack experience significantly better outcomes than those ...