DEAR DOCTOR K: My doctor never recommended statins to me, but he says there are new guidelines, and thinks that I should now start taking one. What do you think of the new statin guidelines? DEAR ...

CHICAGO - New guidelines on heart health that sparked fierce debate among U.S. cardiologists last fall could lead 12.8 million more Americans to take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, U.S.

The newest guidelines for the use of cholesterol-lowering statins in people at risk of heart disease may be too generic, excluding middle-aged adults who could benefit from the drugs, and ...

Statins are the go-to medications for lowering "bad" LDL cholesterol, reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease and ...

There’s a good reason why high cholesterol is known as a “silent killer”. In most cases it has no symptoms but potentially ...

Ms. C*, a 53-year-old African American woman living with HIV for almost a decade, inquired about the recently released recommendations for cardiovascular disease prevention among people with HIV (PWH) ...

Statins recommended for persons with HIV with a 10-year ASCVD risk score of 5 percent or higher; favored for those with risk score below 5 percent. (HealthDay News) — In a clinical guideline issued by ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: My doctor put me on a statin in 2013 because the guidelines that came out that year said I should be on them. Are the new guidelines really better than the ones they replaced? DEAR ...