A study published in Heart looks at looks at the effects and cost effectiveness of statins in over-70s. Dr Gavin … read more
A study published in Nature Medicine and an accompanying conference abstract and poster looks at long term weight loss effects of semaglutide … read more
A study published in BMJ Medicine analyses the performance of polygenic risk scores. Prof Gilean McVean, co-founder and President of Genomics plc, … read more
A meta-analysis published in the European Heart Journal looks at vegetarian and vegan diets and blood lipids. Dr Duane … read more
A study published in Nature Medicine looks at the artificial sweetener erythritol and cardiovascular event risk. Prof Nita Forouhi, … read more
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have published draft guidance recommending that statins could be a choice … read more
Cardiovascular disease is the world’s largest killer, responsible for around 18 million deaths each year. High levels of LDL (‘bad’) … read more
This is a guest post by Fiona Lethbridge, Senior Press Manager at the SMC. Since 2002 the Science Media … read more
A study published the European Heart Journal looks at the prevalence of statin intolerance. Prof Sir Nilesh Samani, Medical … read more
A study published in the Journal of Nutrition looks at the use of food intervention to reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) … read more
A study published in PLOS Medicine looks at statins and COVID-19 mortality in Stockholm, Sweden. Prof Tim Chico, Professor … read more
Research, published in the journal Heart, looked at physical activity and the coronary artery calcium score (CAC score). Prof Gavin … read more
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has today issued a draft final guidance recommending the novel anti-cholesterol … read more
A study published in The BMJ suggests that there is no overall effect of statins on the frequency or severity … read more
For many years statins have been widely associated with mild side effects including muscle pain. Observational studies showing a correlation … read more
By Fiona Fox This blog contains the thoughts of the author rather than representing the work or policy of the … read more
A study published in the NEJM and presented at the American Heart Association Conference looks at statins, placebo and side … read more
Two studies published in The Lancet look at cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, and statins in older people. Prof Sir Nilesh … read more
An analysis, published in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine, looked at clinical trial data on cholesterol lowering drugs and targets for ‘bad’ … read more
Research, published in JAMA, looked at statins and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in US veterans 75 years and older. Prof Peter … read more
