A new breakthrough could change how high cholesterol is treated, offering a powerful alternative to traditional drugs. Researchers have developed tiny DNA-based molecules that shut down PCSK9—a key ...

Cholesterol-lowering medicines are some of the most commonly prescribed, effective drugs. But to influencers on TikTok, they're the enemy. The cholesterol-lowering drug Simvastatin. Like other statins ...

A groundbreaking experimental therapy called VERVE-102 is generating excitement in the world of cardiovascular medicine after early clinical trial results showed it could dramatically lower “bad” LDL ...

Over the past several days, two major developments have emerged in the world of cholesterol-lowering therapies—specifically concerning the heavy-hitters known as PCSK9 inhibitors. In this letter, I’d ...

A new medication that combines an already approved drug with a new unapproved one has been shown to cut the level of LDL, or “bad” cholestero l, when statins aren’t helping enough. In the Phase 3 ...

A small gene-editing study significantly reduced LDL cholesterol levels, and the results have stuck a year later.

A low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level below 70 mg/dL was associated with a 26% reduced risk of all-cause dementia and a 28% lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease-related dementia (ADRD), ...

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FOR 100 YEARS, cardiovascular disease has been the number one killer of men, and for almost as long, high cholesterol has been linked to heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiac catastrophes. But how ...

Researchers have developed a DNA-based therapy that targets the PCSK9 gene to lower cholesterol naturally. Using polypurine hairpins, they increased cholesterol uptake by cells and reduced ...