The American Heart Association (AHA), in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), recently released guidelines that urge a shift in how statins are prescribed. Until now ...

It’s a familiar ritual, the regular cholesterol test. You wake up and skip breakfast – not even coffee – and sit blearily in the exam room, looking at the ceiling as the phlebotomist slides ...

The US Preventive Services Task Force on Tuesday announced its latest guidelines on the use of statins to prevent a first heart attack or stroke. The recommendations are virtually unchanged from ...

New national guidelines can improve the way statin drugs are prescribed to patients at risk for cardiovascular disease, a study has found. The research also showed the new guidelines produce only ...

clubfoto/Getty Images Statins were first approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1987. Updated guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) suggest that statins ...

In a guideline issued by the American College of Physicians, recommendations are presented for the use of statins among persons with HIV.

More than 45 million Americans are considered eligible to take statin drugs to prevent heart disease, which can lead to heart attacks or strokes. These guidelines are based on a 2013 risk ...

That conversation may happen less often if changes in the risk model presented by the American Heart Association in November translate into new guidelines for prescribing statins. Those guidelines ...

New risk thresholds used to guide statin therapy for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in the latest European guidelines dramatically reduce eligibility for statin use ...