Millions more adults should consider starting cholesterol-lowering medications earlier to reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke, according to new medical guidance.

Cardiology groups say adults as young as 30 should assess cholesterol risk and consider treatment to prevent heart attacks ...

The AHA urges doctors to begin screening and treating patients who are still in their 30s, well before the risks of a heart ...

Hormones may not protect women from heart disease or stroke after menopause, but when combined with cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, they may help protect women from these killers, shows a ...

And menopause marks an essential time for women to check in on their health. Read More: How to Lower Your Cholesterol Naturally Before women go through menopause, which typically arrives around age 51 ...

Future Cardiol. 2009;5(1):1-4. That leaves extrapolation from secondary prevention women's results to support primary prevention statin use, yet the risk profiles for women in the two groups obviously ...

You’re young, active, on top of your wellness game—and then your doctor drops the news: your cholesterol is high. And they’re recommending you take meds—statins—to get it down. Ugh. Why it matters: ...

Discontinuing statins before pregnancy does not increase maternal cardiovascular risk, even in patients with pre-existing atherosclerotic disease.

The test can help assess your lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease. That, along with earlier treatment for high cholesterol, is part of new doctors' guidelines.