Cholesterol lowering - The statin 'wonder' drugs - Statins are the new wonder drugs now used to prevent everything from heart disease to Alzheimer's. But new evidence from a Finnish doctor shows that s...

Cholesterol lowering: - Diet is as good as a statin - Your cholesterol levels are a little on the high side. Almost without thinking, your doctor reaches for his pad to write a prescription for a statin...

Cheaper options to lower cholesterol - Cholesterol lowering drugs should be offered only as a last resort, a government funded body has reported. Patients should first be encouraged to stop...

Change lifestyle rather than cholesterol - Q:Everyday, I read in the paper about how cholesterol lowering drugs have now definitely been shown to save lives. My doctor is pressing me to take pr...

Cholesterol drugs don't lower fat - Heart patients with normal cholesterol levels are not helped by cholesterol lowering drugs, a research team has concluded. They discovered that the dr...

Side effects of zocor for lowering cholesterol - I was very interested in your case study on Zocor for cholesterol

Case study: Zocor (simvastatin) - the side effects - I was on Zocor (simvastatin), made by Merck, for 18 months to lower my cholesterol levels. I would never have taken it had my doctor told me of the s...

Exercise better than drugs to lower cholesterol - Exercise is a better bet than drugs to reduce cholesterol, according to the results of two separate US studies.