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 ...

The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology, along with several partner medical societies, released ...

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 ...

Investigators suggest LDL targets typically reserved for secondary prevention are best in high-risk patients with diabetes.

Lifetime treatment with statins is a cost-effective therapy across a wide range of elderly patients with and without cardiovascular disease, according to an analysis published this week in Heart.

A new clinical practice guideline for the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), released today by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA), is backed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Charles Hennekens, a medical school professor and heart disease researcher at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla., ...

People living with HIV have a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular disease that requires a different level of preventive management than in the general population. Last year, an HHS panel ...