The Vindicator

Learning benefits of statins

DEAR DR. ROACH: A cardiologist recently suggested that I should consider taking a statin because of my “borderline” cholesterol level. So, I took a dive into the details of statin therapy. I learned ...
Science Daily

Study finds statins reduce the relative risk of cardiovascular diseases by over 20% in adults aged 75+ with high cholesterol

Researchers provided comprehensive evidence of the benefits of statin use in elderly patients, addressing longstanding uncertainties. The robust evidence demonstrated that continuous statin therapy ...
Altoona Mirror

Understanding risk reduction of statins

Dear Dr. Roach: A cardiologist recently suggested that I should consider taking a statin because of my “borderline” cholesterol level. So, I took a dive into the details of statin therapy. I learned ...
Business Wire

Primary endpoint met in the CLEAR Outcomes Trial of bempedoic acid showing statistically significant relative risk reduction in major adverse CV events

Successful topline results from the CLEAR Outcomes Trial demonstrate that bempedoic acid, marketed as NILEMDO ® in Europe, reduces the risk of serious cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with, or ...
Medscape

'Striking' Benefit of Lipid Lowering in Primary Prevention

SAN DIEGO – A new analysis of a large-scale trial of a novel lipid-lowering agent has shown a particularly large reduction in cardiovascular events in the primary prevention population enrolled in the ...
EurekAlert!

HKUMed and Harvard world-first study finds statins reduce the relative risk of cardiovascular diseases by over 20% in adults aged 75+ with high cholesterol in Hong Kong

Researchers from the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health have provided the first comprehensive evidence of the benefits of ...