Feb 5 (Reuters) - Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs do not cause most of the side effects attributed to them on package inserts, a large analysis of past clinical trials found. For most people, the ...

DALLAS -- Contrary to government claims, side effects happen more often with Crestor, a cholesterol-lowering drug that consumer advocates tried to get off the market earlier this year, a new analysis ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research indicates that the majority of side-effects commonly linked to statins are not, in fact, caused by the medication ...

The long list of side effects marked on the packaging of statins can be a turn-off for those who might benefit from the cholesterol-lowering drugs. But a new study found only a few of those side ...

Kathryn Scott with the Louisiana Heart Hospital in Lacombe offers health information to Sharon Williams of Mandeville while Susan Gilbert of Mandeville waits for her cholestrol screening in 2008. The ...