Credit: Shutterstock. Small increases in the risk for statin-associated muscle symptoms were observed for patients on high-intensity therapy. While statins are known to cause musculoskeletal symptoms, ...

A review of dozens of studies on the use of statin medications to prevent heart attacks shows that the commonly prescribed drugs pose no threat to short-term memory, and that they may even protect ...

Dr. Sanjay Basu was treating an African-American man whom he intuitively thought would be at a high risk for a stroke. The patient smoked; he was older and had high cholesterol. But when the doctor of ...