The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on Tuesday announced its latest guidelines on the use of statins to prevent a first heart attack or stroke. The recommendations are virtually unchanged ...

When it comes to using statins to prevent a first heart attack or stroke, one leading US guideline recommends the drugs to 9 million more people than the other, according to a study published in the ...

CHICAGO - New guidelines on heart health that sparked fierce debate among U.S. cardiologists last fall could lead 12.8 million more Americans to take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, U.S.

New guidelines introduced Tuesday by the nation's leading heart experts could greatly expand the number of Americans taking cholesterol-lowering statins. The fundamental shift: Doctors are now being ...

The US Preventive Services Task Force on Tuesday announced its latest guidelines on the use of statins to prevent a first heart attack or stroke. The recommendations are virtually unchanged from prior ...

(WTNH) – The U.S. Preventative Task Force just came out with the latest guidelines for the use of statins to prevent first heart attack and stroke. What impact will that have on heart disease, which ...

The latest European guidelines for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease appear to reduce the number of patients eligible for statin therapy compared with other international ...

The target trial emulation study suggests rigid risk thresholds aren’t needed to steer statin use in this group.

Critics of the guidelines say that most people who take statins for primary prevention — meaning, to prevent a first stroke or heart attack — don’t actually benefit from it, but they could be exposed ...