CHARLESTON, SC – Just last November, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) published new clinical guidelines for the management of cholesterol, and the ...

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 ...

The ACC/AHA guidelines also recommend statins for patients with diabetes without having to also calculate a person's 10-year risk score and recommend statins for those patients with extremely high ...

(HealthDay News) — European and American guidelines lead to different recommendations for statin therapy, according to a study published online in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. Amir A. Mahabadi, MD, ...

Over one in five Americans between the ages of 40 and 75 already take a statin to prevent an initial heart attack or stroke, the American study from 2017 estimated. Following either of the guidelines ...

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 ...