Every August, primary care doctors stock their clinics with influenza vaccines and start reminding patients to get their annual shot. We usually tell patients, “The flu vaccine can reduce your risk of ...

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A routine blood test taken by millions in the U.S. each year to measure "bad" cholesterol is not the best measure to guide treatment and prevent heart attacks and strokes, suggests a new Northwestern ...

Liz covers cardiovascular and metabolic disease, asking why we’re not doing better or even losing ground against the world’s leading killer. Send tips on Signal at LizC.22. Leading medical ...

Novartis, Amgen and Eli Lilly are among the pharmaceutical companies developing drugs to lower levels of a particularly bad form of cholesterol called Lp(a) and potentially prevent heart attacks. Lp(a ...

New research from Oxford offers reassurance regarding statin use. While muscle aches are common, severe muscle damage linked ...