In a randomized trial published Oct. 25, 2026, in the European Journal of Nutrition, adults with high LDL cholesterol who drank soymilk enriched with plant sterols and soluble fiber for 8 weeks…
In a small randomized trial of 62 people with stroke caused by narrowed brain arteries, adding the PCSK9 inhibitor alirocumab to a high-intensity statin for 6 months reduced the narrowing by 8.9…
In 1721 patients after an acute coronary syndrome, multiplying age by LDL cholesterol gave a simple estimate of lifetime cholesterol exposure. Those above the median had more repeat heart events: 39.4% vs.…
A study of 300 million laboratory tests, published in October 2026 in Nature Medicine, found a step-like 'cliff' in women's hormones, bones, liver, kidneys and cholesterol at the final menstrual period, absent…
A study of 300 million laboratory tests, published in October 2026 in Nature Medicine, found a step-like 'cliff' in women's hormones, bones, liver, kidneys and cholesterol at the final menstrual period, absent…
In 2,300 adults followed with repeated body scans from 2021 to 2023, statin users seemed to lose more leg muscle at first, but the difference disappeared after accounting for body mass index…
Pooling seven studies with 121,480 patients who had a coronary stent, a moderate-intensity statin plus ezetimibe was linked to a lower risk of new diabetes (RR 0.83) and similar heart events compared…
In 199 patients with a major heart attack from the ASSAIL-MI trial, lipoprotein(a) rose only slightly in the first days, from a median of 17 to 25 nmol/L, and few patients changed…
