(Peopleimages.com/YuriArcurs/Canva) For millions of people, statins are a daily shield against heart disease. But around 10 ...

If you've avoided taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs because you're worried about the risk of developing memory loss, depression or other scary side effects, this scenario plays out more often ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Far fewer people who could benefit from statins actually take the cholesterol-lowering drugs now. Many who start taking them stop. The long list of side effects, detailed in fine print on package ...

New research suggests that statins do not cause the majority of side effects listed on their labels, including memory problems, depression, and sleep issues. The corresponding study was published in ...

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 you've avoided taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs because you're worried about the risk of developing memory loss, depression or other scary side effects, this scenario plays out more often ...