The American Heart Association has published an extensive review of statin safety and tolerability among the general population and various demographic subgroups.
Although many guidelines use expected risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) over 10 years as the basis for recommending statin treatment, how the harms of treatment were weighed against benefits is often...
Previous evidence has suggested that statins could have an effect on non-CVD outcomes. To examine the quality, validity, and credibility of evidence of this association, the researchers conducted a...
While previous research supports the use of statins for secondary prevention of CVD in adults aged 75 years and older and primary prevention in those aged 65 years and older, no data is available on the...
Recent data suggest that statin use may affect influenza vaccination effectiveness. A new study, however, examines the association further in a cohort of nearly 3 million Medicare beneficiaries.
Researchers aimed to update trends in statin prescription following hospitalization for myocardial infarction, especially in light of recent efforts geared toward reducing potential treatment disparities in...
