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

Patients with gout who achieve a serum urate level lower than 6 mg/dL demonstrated a lower 5-year risk for cardiovascular ...

In all-comer cohort of immunocompetent individuals at risk of contracting symptomatic COVID-19 in their everyday social interactions, participants receiving pemivibart experienced a 1.9% rate of ...

This story is the first in a series called "Ozempic: Weighing the Risks and Benefits." It was produced in part through a grant from the NIHCM Foundation. When the final results of the SELECT trial ...

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 ...

Statins Relative Risk Reduction: Statin medications are prescribed to reduce the risk of heart disease and heart attack. However, their benefits vary from person to person. Let us explain them.

The blockbuster diabetes and weight loss drug semaglutide (Wegovy, Ozempic, Rybelsus) reduced the relative risk of heart attack, stroke, or cardiovascular deaths by 20 percent in high-risk patients ...

NEW ORLEANS — The first global randomized trial of the PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab for the prevention of a primary major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) found a relative reduction in risk similar ...