Around eight million people in the UK are on statins, and I may soon have to join them. The results of a couple of blood ...

ANSWER: Hundreds of thousands of people start statin drugs each year, and just by chance, they might also get illnesses that ...

Around 300 birdwatchers flocked to a sleepy Yorkshire cul-de-sac to see a scarlet tanager after it was blown off course by ...

ANSWER: Because all drugs have the potential for harm, it’s always good to take a clear-eyed look at the risks and benefits ...

High cholesterol is when you have too much of a fatty substance called cholesterol in your blood. The NHS explains some ...

A new study in the Lancet attempted to calm fears about the side-effects of statins in people at low risk of heart disease – but seems to have reignited a bitter row in the medical ...

Around 5.3 million people in England were given a NICE-recommended statin or ezetimibe by their GP to help reduce their ...

Using statins for the primary prevention of VTE may slightly reduce the incidence of VTE and all-cause mortality. However, this effect is likely too weak to be considered significant. Statin use may ...

“Who decides what is misinformation? I think the history of cigarettes, beta blockers, aspirin, and statins says it all,” ...

I have an itch on the right side of my face that keeps me up at night. I recently had Covid and also began taking statins. Could the itch be related to either of these changes? Dr Ellie replies ...

Aim: It has been shown that HMG-CoA inhibitors, also called statins, may interfere with the tubular reabsorption of albumin, increasing urinary albumin excretion. Patients & methods: We have ...

A period of intense debate about statins, covered widely in the mainstream media, was followed by a substantial rise in the proportion of people in the UK stopping taking the drug, according to a new ...