Tag: statin
Why Are Heart Attack Patients Quitting Life-Saving Statins Against Doctor’s Orders?
Statin medications are widely accepted as the best way to lower your cholesterol, which can help prevent a heart attack. So why are nearly half of patients quitting the drugs against the advice of their physicians?
Statins Boost Death Risk in Healthy Seniors, Study Finds
A shocking new study has found that cholesterol-lowering statins increase the risk of death and do not prevent heart attacks in adults over 65 years old without heart disease.