NHS guidelines urge those taking statins to stop their medication and seek medical assistance should they notice any of ...

More than 92 million American adults take a statin drug to manage high blood cholesterol, but one in ten of those prescribed statins suffer muscle pain and fatigue side effects strong enough to make ...

Take a look at the product insert for a statin and you’ll see a long list of side effects. The majority of them, a new study suggests, are likely exaggerated. Despite their widespread use, many ...

A landmark Lancet analysis of more than 150,000 trial participants challenges decades of statin side-effect warnings and calls for updated drug labels grounded in randomized evidence. Study: ...

If your doctor suggested you take a statin but you’re not following that advice, you’re not the only one who isn’t filling that prescription. Many people who are candidates for these popular ...

If you're over 50 and taking statin drugs—or your doctor just handed you a new prescription—you're in very good company. More ...

Statins are the most prescribed drugs in America. At last count, more than 50 million people were taking medications such as atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin or lovastatin to ...

When we have negative expectations about medicines and vaccines, we make them less likely to work, a leading neuroscientist ...

Statins are the most prescribed drugs in America. At last count, over 50 million people were taking medications such as atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin or lovastatin to control ...

A clever study design at the virtual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association showed that half of the patients taking statins for LDL cholesterol-lowering that reported side effects from ...