More Cholesterol News

• Niacin Adds No Benefit for Statin Patients: Study

  Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Taking the B vitamin niacin offers no additional benefit to ...

• Incidence of High Cholesterol Drops in U.S.

  Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- The good news is that a new report shows the ...

• New Study Raises New Questions About Cholesterol Drug Zetia

  Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- A new study raises more questions about ezetimibe (Zetia), a ...

• Fasting on Alternate Days May Make Dieting Easier

  Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- To get down to a healthy weight, obese and overweight ...

• Statins May Stave Off Gallstones

  Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term use of cholesterol-lowering statins appears to reduce the incidence ...

• Low Cholesterol May Help Prevent Cancer

  Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Low blood cholesterol levels reduce the risk not only of ...

• Cholesterol Drugs May Help Prevent Flu Deaths

  Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Statins, frequently used to cut cholesterol levels, may also help ...

• Side Effects in Statin Users Linked to Gene Mutation

  Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. researchers have identified a common gene mutation linked to ...

• More Stroke Victims Get Clot-Busting Therapy

  Oct. 1 (HealthDay News) -- More stroke victims are getting a brain-saving drug -- tissue ...

• Study Suggests a Wider Use for Statins

  Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Statins could be as beneficial for people with acceptable cholesterol ...

• Combo Therapies to Lower Cholesterol Don't Work

  Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Despite their popularity, so-called "combination therapies" may not be the ...

• Statins Before Vascular Surgery Cut Deaths, Complications

  Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- A dose of a cholesterol-lowering statin before vascular surgery reduces ...

• Cholesterol Screening Shouldn't Rely on Kids' Weight

  Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. cholesterol testing guidelines for children may have to be ...

• Livalo Approved for High Cholesterol

  Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Livalo (pitavastatin) is the newest statin to be approved by ...

• Giving Statins to Kids Provokes Debate

  July 26 (HealthDay News) -- Whether cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins should be given to children ...

• Genes Linked to Cholesterol in Cells Are Identified

  July 7 (HealthDay News) -- Twenty genes that play major roles in controlling cholesterol within ...

• Statins May Cause Muscle Damage in Some Patients

  July 6 (HealthDay News) -- Statins, medications widely used to lower cholesterol, may cause structural ...

• Study Supports Wider Use of Statins

  June 30 (HealthDay News) -- An analysis of studies supports a growing belief that guidelines ...

• Statins Might Stave Off Alzheimer's

  June 30 (HealthDay News) -- Treatment with a cholesterol-lowering drug might protect against Alzheimer's disease, ...