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Dear Dr. Roach: My question regards the results of my fasting glucose tests for the past couple of years. I am 81 and weigh around 150 pounds. The medications I am taking concern me, with relevance to ...

As yet, there is no clear or plausible reason(s) or mechanism(s) by which statins might raise blood glucose level: Is it upstream at pancreatic beta cell level or downstream due to insulin resistance ...

Statins lower cholesterol levels, reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, and improve overall heart health. In the late 1970s, researchers found that a substance called mevastatin, isolated from a ...

About 86 million adults in the United States have high cholesterol, a condition that raises the risk for heart disease and stroke. Despite these high numbers, only 35% of American adults who could ...