Lifetime use of standard statin increased QALYs by 0.24 to 0.70, with further increase seen for higher-intensity statins. HealthDay News — Statin therapy improves health outcomes and is cost-effective ...

There is decreased risk for venous thromboembolism in women aged 50 to 64 years receiving hormone therapy and statin therapy. Statin therapy is associated with a decreased risk for venous ...

High-intensity statins may link to type 2 diabetes progression. Learn how dosage affects insulin resistance and why doctors still recommend them for heart health.

Statin therapy demonstrated a dose-dependent increase in the risk for new-onset diabetes, especially among individuals already at high risk for diabetes. Higher doses of statin therapy moderately ...

Taking a statin medication is an effective, safe, and low-cost way to lower cholesterol and reduce risk of cardiovascular events. Despite clinicians recommending that many patients with diabetes take ...

A recent clinical trial reveals how a daily statin pill may prevent heart attacks and strokes in people with HIV. In this substudy of the phase 3 Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV ...

Statin drugs introduced to lower blood cholesterol concentrations could help reduce postoperative mortality, according to a study published in Anesthesiology. The study analyzed 1,674 patients ...

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) ...

Using a high-dose statin with ezetimibe significantly reduces levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol, increasing a person's chances of reaching healthy levels by 85%, researchers found. Adobe stock/HealthDay ...

Recently, a cardiologist published a commentary in Medscape arguing that physicians and scientists who challenge the putative clinical benefit of statin medications are pseudoscientists. He claimed, " ...

Available evidence from clinical trials suggests that, compared with placebo or moderate-dose statin treatment, high-dose intensive statin therapy significantly reduces incident CV outcomes. This ...