NEW ORLEANS, LA—Ever since statin guidelines were revised to urge physicians to prescribe high-intensity statins rather than treating to a specific LDL target, the debate has continued: is the “fire ...

How secondary prevention statins are given to push LDL cholesterol levels lower, whether in a high-intensity statin regimen or by dosage titration to meet LDL targets, may make little difference to ...

CHICAGO, IL – It's been a full 365 days since the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) presented their "paradigm-shifting" clinical guidelines for the management ...

Email reminders to physicians about proper dosing of high-intensity statins, individualized to specific patients and often timed around their appointments, significantly improved the likelihood of ...

If you have high cholesterol, there's a good chance your doctor has recommended statins to get your numbers back into a healthier range and reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. But what's the ...

Patients with established clinical ASCVD Patients with severe primary hypercholesterolemia (a baseline LDL-C level ≥190 mg/dL) Patients 40-75 years of age with diabetes and a baseline LDL-C level of ...

Dr. Charles Hennekens, a medical school professor and heart disease researcher at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla., says too many patients at high risk of heart attacks and stroke are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High-intensity statin therapy may increase bleeding risk after minor stroke. Statin dose, moderate or high, did ...

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 ...

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) ...