Vitamin D is an essential vitamin that may interact with other medications and supplements, such as statins, thiazide ...

Both types are effective at managing cholesterol, but researchers have uncovered some surprising side effects. Weight Gain: ...

These drugs reduce the cholesterol your body makes and help clear out LDL in your blood vessels where they can leave dangerous deposits that lead to blocked arteries, heart attack ...

Researchers are mindful of the exciting days when new drugs raised “good” cholesterol, or HDL, but found they didn’t lower the risk of a heart attack or stroke, says Stephen Nicholls ...

A recent breakthrough study has uncovered a promising link between non-statin cholesterol-lowering medications and liver cancer prevention. Among the drugs examined, ezetimibe—commonly known by ...

Cholesterol is a waxy substance in your blood that helps your body build cells and produce certain hormones. While ...

A University of Iowa research team has found that a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs have no effect on kidney function.

A. Statins can increase the chance that someone will develop Type 2 diabetes (Journal of the National Medical Association, ...

Salk scientists discover protein first identified at Salk in 1996 called PIN1 encourages tumor growth in bladder cancer, then ...

High cholesterol levels lead to plaque formation in arteries that restrict blood and oxygen flow. Familial ...

A combination therapy of two drugs — a statin and a protein inhibitor — may help suppress the creation and growth of tumors ...