A landmark study published in The Lancet has found that a class of drugs used by millions of people worldwide does not cause the majority of side effects that manufacturers list on their product ...

A new discovery may explain why so many people abandon cholesterol-lowering statins because of muscle pain and weakness. Researchers found that certain statins can latch onto a key muscle protein and ...

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

Liz covers cardiovascular and metabolic disease, asking why we’re not doing better or even losing ground against the world’s leading killer. Send tips on Signal at LizC.22. Far fewer people who could ...

The long list of side effects associated with statins is vastly overstated, according to the most rigorous assessment of the evidence to date. This is prompting calls for the drugs’ packaging to be ...

Few medicines have sparked as much debate as statins. Cardiologists often describe them as life-saving, while some patients remain wary of side effects or uneasy about taking a daily pill. Statins sit ...

A major update has been issued about the use of statins following the release of new research. According to findings from the University of Oxford study, statins are not responsible for the majority ...

New research suggests that it’s rare to experience most of the listed side effects for this common type of cholesterol-lowering medication. Misconceptions that statins come with a high risk of side ...