Statin Therapy

Researchers have found that cholesterol-lowering and blood pressure-controlling therapies can be the most effective treatment for reducing heart diseases in older adults but the treatment needs to be individualised.

Statin treatment can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in women just as it does in men, a large new international study has found.

Patients who stop taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs after suffering a heart attack have double the risk of dying during the following year.

Diabetics with both low and high levels of LDL-cholesterol are at an increased risk of cancer and death.

Statin drugs that lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart disease may also help slow down the AIDS virus.

Researchers have found that cholesterol-lowering and blood pressure-controlling therapies can be the most effective treatment for reducing heart diseases in older adults but the treatment needs to be individualised.

Statin treatment can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in women just as it does in men, a large new international study has found.

Patients who stop taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs after suffering a heart attack have double the risk of dying during the following year.

Diabetics with both low and high levels of LDL-cholesterol are at an increased risk of cancer and death.

Statin drugs that lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart disease may also help slow down the AIDS virus.